Resources—Intellectual Property

ABA Section of Intellectual Property Law

http://www.abanet.org/intel
prop/home.html

Home page.

AdLaw

http://adlaw.com/

Hosted by Reed Smith, this site contains an extensive collection of links and information related to advertising and marketing law.

AIPLA Selected Amicus Briefs

http://www.aipla.org/Content/
NavigationMenu/IP_Issues_and_
Advocacy/Amicus_Briefs/
Amicus_Briefs1.htm

Selected amicus briefs in cases of interest are available on the AIPLA website.

American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)

http://www.aipla.org/

Home page of the bar association composed of lawyers in public and private practice and law professors. The site contains interesting resources for IP professionals, including commentary on legislation and rules, and selected amicus briefs and links.

BitLaw (Daniel A. Tysver)

http://www.bitlaw.com/

Patent attorney Daniel Tysver has assembled a collection of links on IP law and resources on the Internet.

BNA IP Center

http://ipcenter.bna.com/

Information center developed by BNA for IP professionals.

European Patent Office

http://www.european-patent-office.org/

Home page containing searchable database of patent documents, news, and other information.

Franklin Pierce Law Center Intellectual Property Mall

http://www.ipmall.fplc.edu/

Home page with comprehensive collections of IP links and resources, including courses, exams, jury instructions, briefing papers, electronic library, and an extensive international list of IP links.

Intellectual Property and the National Information Infrastructure: The Report of the Working Group on Intellectual Property Rights (USPTO)

http://www.uspto.gov/web/
offices/com/doc/ipnii/

Sites has links to the text of the report in Adobe PDF format.

Intellectual Property Law Section of the State Bar

http://www.calbar.org/
ipsection/index.htm

Home page.

Intellectual Property, Copyright, and Fair Use Resources (Lorre Smith)

http://www.albany.edu/~ls973/
copy.html

Collection of intellectual property links arranged topically and maintained by Lorre Smith at SUNY-Albany

Internet Law Meta Index

http://members.aol.com/
simparl/weblaw.html

This site contains an index to indices of Internet law sites. Hosted by Steve D. Imparl, moderator of the Web-Law mailing list, this site is regularly updated and maintained.

Jurist: The Law Professors Network IP Guide

http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/
sg_ip.htm

This comprehensive collection of links to books, articles, journals, codes, cases, news, mailing lists, and associations is a good site for locating IP information of all kinds.

Kuesterlaw: The Technology Law Resource (Jeffrey R. Kuester)

http://www.kuesterlaw.com/

Jeffrey R. Kuester intends his website to be the most comprehensive resource on the Internet for IP law, especially patent, copyright, and trademark law.

Net-Lawyers Mailing List

http://legalminds.findlaw.com/
list/net-lawyers/

Description of Net-Lawyer’s mailing list on the FindLaw site and accessible archive of Net-Lawyer postings. E-mail address for subscribing.

Thomson & Thomson

http://www.thomson-thomson.com/

This provider of trademark, domain name, and copyright research services maintains a subscription-based site that contains a wealth of useful information, including an International Guide to Trademarks, sample notices of infringement by use of domain names, and a list of IP law firms by region. The site also has links to other helpful sites for the IP lawyer.

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

http://www.uspto.gov/

Home page.

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

http://www.wipo.int/

Home page.

Resources—Copyright

ABA Section of Intellectual Property Law

http://www.abanet.org/intel
prop/home.html

Home page.

Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works. (Paris text 1971)

http://www.law.cornell.edu/
treaties/berne/overview.html

This site, sponsored by LII, contains a full hypertext searchable copy of the Berne convention.

Copyright Act (USC Title 17)

http://www4.law.cornell.edu/
uscode/17/index.html

Hypertext copy of USC Title 17 (copyright code).

Copyright and Fair Use Law (Stanford University Libraries)

http://fairuse.stanford.edu/

Stanford University pages on copyright and fair use.

Copyright Office forms

http://www.copyright.gov/forms/

Copyright Office application forms in PDF format.

Copyright regulations (CFR Title 37)

http://cfr.law.cornell.edu/
cfr/cfr.php?title=37&
type=chapter&value=2

Hypertext copy of CFR Title 37 (copyright regulations).

FindLaw’s Copyright page

http://www.findlaw.com/01topics/
23intellectprop/01copyright/

Contains numerous links to primary and secondary resources on copyright law.

Intellectual Property Law Section of the State Bar

http://www.calbar.org/ipsection/
index.htm

Home page.

LII’s Copyright page

http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/
copyright.html

Contains primary and secondary resources on copyright law.

The Copyright Website (Benedict O’Mahoney)

http://www.benedict.com/

This site, hosted by IP attorney Benedict O’Mahoney, contains numerous copyright resources for the public and professionals.

U.S. Copyright Mailing List

http://www.loc.gov/
copyright/newsnet/

The Copyright Office uses this mailing list to send periodic messages to professionals involved in the copyright field. The messages alert subscribers to hearings, regulation changes, publications, and other related information.

U.S. Copyright Office

http://www.copyright.gov

Home page containing forms, regulations, reports, and other relevant materials.

Resources—Trademark

FindLaw’s Trademarks page

http://www.findlaw.com/
01topics/23intellectprop/
03trademark/

Contains numerous links to trademark resources on the Internet.

International Trademark Association

http://www.inta.org/

Home page.

LII’s Trademark page

http://www.law.cornell.edu/
topics/trademark.html

Contains links to primary law and secondary Internet resources on trademark law.

MarkMonitor

http://www.markmonitor.com/

This site tracks Internet usage of trademarks, trade names, and famous names. Subscription-based services.

Micropatent (patent and trademark information)

http://www.micropat.com/

Subscription-based vendor providing Internet access to patent and trademark databases.

Patent and Trademark Depository Library Program

http://www.uspto.gov/web/
offices/ac/ido/ptdl/

Contains a comprehensive list of links to Patent and Trademark Depository Libraries, which have been designated to receive and store copies of patents and of trademark and patent materials for free access by the public.

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

http://www.uspto.gov/

Home page.

Trademark Electronic Search System (Tess)

http://www.uspto.gov/
main/trademarks.htm

Links to database with the full bibliographic text of pending and registered trademarks. It is current through two months before the date searched.

Resources—Patents

FindLaw’s Patent page

http://www.findlaw.com/01topics/
23intellectprop/02patent/
index.html

Contains numerous links and resources on patent law.

Intellectual Property Network (IBM)

http://www.patents.ibm.com/

Sponsored by IBM, the Intellectual Property Network allows searching and viewing of patent documents filed in the United States, Japan, and Europe, as well as patent applications published by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

LII’s Patent page

http://www.law.cornell.edu/
topics/patent.html

Contains links to primary law and numerous Internet patent resources.

Micropatent (patent and trademark information)

http://www.micropat.com/

Subscription-based vendor providing Internet access to patent and trademark databases.

Patent and Trademark Depository Library Program

http://www.uspto.gov/web/
offices/ac/ido/ptdl/

Contains a comprehensive list of links to Patent and Trademark Depository Libraries, which have been designated to receive and store copies of patents and trademark and patent materials for free access by the public.

Patents.com Intellectual Property Law Web Server (Oppedahl & Larson)

http://www.patents.com/

The Colorado IP firm of Oppedahl & Larson has created this site and collection of links to provide information about IP law and their firm.

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

http://www.uspto.gov/

Home page.

USPTO Web Patent Databases

http://www.uspto.gov/patft/
index.html

Offers Internet access to bibliographic and full text patent databases with coverage back to 1976.