Sales Promotion Consultants Association (UK)

The SPCA represents over 50 of the leading agency practitioners in the UK, offering the best in promotional marketing and communications. It helps clients find the right agency and promotes its agencies collectively in a variety of ways - through the SPCA Portfolio service, through showcasing agency work to the industry via the SPCA Best Awards programme, through advertising and published information such as this site, and its directory.

Trade Marks Registry of the UK Patent Office (UK)

Useful information about trade marks and the registration process in the UK.

US Federal Trade Commission:
Frequently Asked Questions About Advertising

Takes you through the US advertising code of practice -- what you can and cannot do and say in an ad.

See Advertising Standards Authority (above) for the UK version.

US Patent and Trademark Office (USA)

Useful information about trademarks and the registration process in the USA.

US Patent and Trademark Office (USA)
Search Trademark Database

From here you can search the US trademark database to see if a line is a registered ® trademark.

World Federation of Advertisers (Belgium)

The only worldwide body to represent the interests of advertisers on anything connected with marketing and communications.