INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW LINKS -- (back to Intellectual Property index)

General:

• World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO):
  http://www.wipo.int/index.html.en
• U.S. House of Representatives' Internet Law Library:
  http://lawguru.com/ilawlib/index.html
• University of Maine Department of Industrial Cooperation: http://www.umaine.edu/dic/dic.htm
  
• Law Journal Extra's IP Center:
  http://ipcenter.com
• Oppendahl & Larson Law:
  http://www.patents.com
• Jeff Kuester's Technology Law Resource Page:
  http://www.kuesterlaw.com

Patent Sites:

• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office:
  http://www.uspto.gov
• The Software Patent Institute:
  http://www.spi.org
• Directory of World Patent Offices:
  http://www.wipo.int/directory/en/urls.jsp
• IBM's Patent Server:
  http://www.delphion.com
• Community of Science's U.S. Patent Search Site:
  http://patents.cos.com/cgi-bin/search.main

• Inna Shtivelband Landsman, P.C.:
  “From Idea to Patent: A Roadmap for Protecting Your Intellectual Property with Patents (Free three-module web seminar).
  Module one focuses on introductory issues (prior art searches and patentability requirements). Future modules will cover drafting defensible patent applications and the patent application examination process.

Copyright Sites:

• U.S. Copyright Office:
  http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright
• Copyright Web Site:
  http://www.benedict.com
• Stanford's Copyright & Fair Use Home Page:
  http://fairuse.stanford.edu
• Institute for Learning Technologies' Guide to Copyright:
  http://www.arl.org/scomm/copyright/ILT.html
• The Electronic Frontier Foundation:
  http://eff.org/
• Copyright Clearance Center Online:
  http://copyright.com
• American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP):
  http://ascap.com
• The Harry Fox Agency:
  http://www.nmpa.org/hfa.html
• Information on Copyrights, Academia and the Fair Use Doctrine
  http://www.usg.edu/admin/legal/copyright/copy.html
  

Trademark Sites:

• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office:
  http://www.uspto.gov
• Franklin Pierce Law School:
  http://www.piercelaw.edu/tfield/Trademk.htm
  
• Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN):
  http://www.icann.org

Trade Secrets Sites:

• R. Mark Halligan's Trade Secrets site:
  http://www.execpc.com/~mhallign/
• Trade Secrets Home Page:
  http://my.execpc.com/~mhallign/iindex.html
• Article on Patent vs. Trade Secret: When to Choose One over the Other
  http://www.lawlawlaw.com/patents-vs-trade-secrets.html
  

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