Intellectual Property
Governmental and nongovernmental intellectual property resource page
with links to intellectual property cases, intellectual property
information for Australia, Canada, Brazil, Mexico, intellectual
property archives, intellectual property law, intellectual property
articles, intellectual property research guides, intellectual property
associations, intellectual property forums, intellectual property
licensing, intellectual property organizations, multimedia law, foreign
patents, trademark law, copyright law, brand information, the Copyright
Office, and much more.
Copyrights
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Government Internet Resources
- Copyright Office Registration Forms
- This is the Library of Congress's Official site for copyright forms. The forms are in PDF format.
- Library of Congress LOCIS Database (Copyrights)
- "To use LOCIS, you must have a telnet program on your computer and telnet access through your Internet service provider.
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- MegaLaw's Copyright Links
- This commercial site provides access to the following information:
Copyright websites, Copyright Court Decisions, International Copyright
Materials, and the Copyright Act Title 17. It also provides information
on Copyright licensing, Derivative Works and compilations, the fair use
doctrine and moral rights.
- Search Copyright Information
- This site contains the same information as is found on the old
telnet LOCIS sytsem. You can search for the
following registered works since 1978: books, films, music, maps, sound
recordings, software, multimedia kits, drawings, posters, sculpture.
There is another file where serials can be searched. Finally there is a
file where you can find documents relating to ownership.
- U.S. Copyright Cases (MegaLaw)
- This site provide access to Historic Supreme Court Copyright
Decisions as well as links to Cornell's LLI site to more recent copyright
decisions from the U.S. Supreme Court.
- U.S. Copyright Office
- The Copyright Office is the official office that handles all
copyright registrations for the United States. It has information on
copyright basics, (Copyright forms etc.)
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International Internet Resources
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NonGovernmental Internet Resources
- Copyright Clearance Center Online
- The Copyright Clearance Center, Inc., is the largest licenser of
text reproduction rights in the world. It was formed in 1978 to
facilitate compliance with U.S. copyright law. CCC provides licensing
systems for the reproduction and distribution of copyrighted materials in
print and electronic formats throughout the world.
- The company currently manages rights relating to over 1.75 million works
and represents more than 9,600 publishers and hundreds of thousands of
authors and other creators, directly or through their representatives.
CCC-licensed customers in the U.S. number over 10,000 corporations and
subsidiaries (including 92 of the Fortune 100 companies), as well as
thoosands of government agencies, law firms, document suppliers,
libraries, academic institutions, copy shops and bookstores.
- Copyright & Fair Use (Stanford University)
- This site is sponsored by the Council on Library Resources,
FindLaw Internet Legal Resources, and the Stanford University Libraries
and Academic Information Resources. It provides access to primary
materials related to fair use including: Statutes, Judicial Opinions,
Regulations and Treaties & Conventions. It also has links to Current
legislation, cases and issues.
- Copyright Information
- This page is the frequency asked questions portion of the Library of Congress.
- Copyright Law Articles
- These laws are available from the Library of Congress
- Copyright articles via bitlaw
- BitLaw is a comprehensive Internet resource
on technology law, containing over 1,800 pages on patent, copyright,
trademark, and Internet legal issues. BitLaw was created by Daniel A.
Tysver, a partner with the intellectual property law firm of Beck &
Tysver. This is a great site for basic copyright information
- Copyright Management Center (Un. of Texas Office of General Counsel)
- This site is constructed by the University of Texas
- Copyright Management Center
- Indiana University/Purdue University Indianapolis
- Copyright Registration Internet Searches (Compilation of Internet Sources via Bitlaw)
- This site provides links to the Library of Congress and to Dialog
- ILT Guide to Copyright
- This site is an overview of copyright on the Internet and provides links to copyright resources. by Jules Darren
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Primary Law
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Research Guides
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International Internet Resources
- AMK Patent Consultation Co., Ltd. (Turkey)
- "Founded by attorney at laws, trademark, patent and
design attorneys that have profound knowledge and experience in the
field of industrial property, provides proper and trustworthy solutions
to foreign and national clients with the comprehension of qualified and
reliable service."
- Intellectual Property in Brazil
- (Portuguese and English) This site provides information on copyright, patents, trademark
from a Brazilian perspective. It also has links to search engines that
search for patents, trademarks and copyrights.
- Intellectual Property Rights Helpdesk
- European Union This site is temporarily closed.
Negotiations are currently underway for the continuation of the
IPR-Helpdesk service.
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NonGovernmental Internet Resources
- American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)
- This page provides access to the following intellectual property
information: Legislative activity from the 105th Congress to the present,
Amicus Curiae Briefs written by AIPLA, some online publications, and a
catalog to order paper publications, and IP links to major Intellectual
government and organizational sites.
- EFF Intellectual Property Policy & Issues Archive
- Based in San Francisco, EFF is a donor-supported membership
organization working to protect our fundamental rights regardless of
technology; to educate the press, policymakers and the general public
about civil liberties issues related to technology; and to act as a
defender of those liberties. This particular subweb points to
the Archives of Patent, Trademark & Copyright. It includes
articles, emails etc.
- EFF Global, Foreign and local Intellectual Property information
- This site provides links to the following countries: Australia, California, Canada, Georgia, Japan, and the United Kingdom.
- Franklin Pierce Law Center Intellectual Property Mall
- The IP Mall is an internationally acclaimed IP resource Website
providing information and links to the most valuable online resources in
the world. It is the creation of Franklin Pierce Law Center's Professor
Jon Cavicchi, JD, LLM, and Sitesurfer Publishing LLC's Bill Shaw, MIP, JD.
The IP Mall links to a unique collection of intellectual property
resources served up by the Franklin Pierce Law Center (without exception
continuously ranked by U.S. News & World Report as one of the top five IP
law schools in the country ), as well as hundreds of others on the Internet.
- Information Law Web
- This is a selective gateway to links covering the following
intellectual property areas: Intellectual Property, Trademark, Copyright,
Patent, Misc., International and Florida Law Sites.
- Intellectual Property and Technology Forum at Boston College Law School
- This is a great current awareness site. It provides current news,
opinions and significant highlights in intellectual property & technology
law, scholarly articles with in-depth discussions on specific topics in
intellectual property & technology law, as well as editorial opinions,
speeches, and responses to other pieces on intellectual property and
technology policy.
- U.S. Patent, Trademark, & Copyright Basic Informaiton
- This site provides information on the patent bar, IP Career
information, IP Basics for Artists, Inventors, Web Page Designers and
other Intellectual Property resources.
- University of Texas IP Law Journal
- Articles appearing in the Journal focus on substantive legal
issues and recent developments in the areas of Patent, Copyright,
Trademark, Unfair Competition, and Trade Secret law. The Journal also
publishes articles concerning issues arising in intellectual property
litigation and practice before the Patent and Trademark Office.
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Primary Law
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Research Guides
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Government Internet Resources
- Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panels (CARP) and Licensing Information
- The Licensing Division of the Copyright Office
deals with allowing cable companies and other digital
video and audio providers an opportunity to pay their royalty payments
electronically. This site also has arbitration decisions between the
copyright owners and the digital providers.
- FCC Universal Licensing System
- This site provides wireless customers to register for a license
for a particular wireless frequency. Clients can complete an online
application, locate licenses, applications and archived
licenses.
- FDA Licensing of Inventions Policy & Points to Consider
- NASA Patent Licensing Program
- NASA owns over 1,000 patents and patent applications which protect
inventions in hundreds of different subject-matter categories. NASA makes
these inventions available to industry through its Patent Licensing
Program, which is administered by the NASA Office of General Counsel, NASA
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
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International Copyright Licensing Organizations
- Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights (CMRRA)
- The Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency Ltd. (CMRRA) is a
non-profit music licensing agency, which represents the vast majority of
music copyright owners (usually called music publishers) doing business in
Canada.
- Copyright Agency Limited (Australia)
- Copyright Agency Limited (CAL) is a not-for-profit, member-based
organisation which manages licensed copying and communication of literary,
dramatic and artistic works. Their members are Australian authors,
journalists, visual artists, and newspaper, magazine and book publishers.
- CAL acts as a channel between copyright rightsholders and those who copy their works by:
licensing, or giving permission to, organisations and individuals to copy;
collecting a licence fee; and distributing that money to the copyright rightsholders.
- International Federation of Reproductive Rights Organizations (IFRRO)
- The explosive development of Reproductive Rights Organizations
(RRO) worldwide during the 1980s is a stunning example of the power of
collective action in response to the challenges of technology.
RROs began in response to the need to license wide-scale photocopy access
to the world's scientific and cultural printed works. Originally called
"collecting societies," RROs license reproduction of copyright-protected
material whenever it is impractical for rightsholders to act individually.
RROs derive their authority from national legislation and/or from
contracts with rightsholders. Each year, national RROs license hundreds of
thousands of users to copy from millions of titles published throughout the world.
- Kopinor
- Reproduction Rights Organization of Norway
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NonGovernmental Internet Resources
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Primary Law
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Research Guides
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Government Internet Resources
- Multimedia Law
- This site provides articles, Federal Guides, Hot News & Products,
and some pertinent Law Links (which include: Links to Associations &
Organizations, ASCAP and BMI
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NonGovernmental Internet Resources
- Multimedia Handbook Synopsis
- This primer focuses on U.S. copyright law because copyright
law is the most important of these laws for most multimedia developers and
publishers. The other three intellectual property laws are discussed in
less detail, as are several other relevant laws. The primer concludes
with a hypothetical which applies the laws discussed in the primer to a
fictitious multimedia project.
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Primary Law
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Research Guides
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Government Internet Resources
- PrintTEAS Trademark Application Preparation System
- TEAS allows you to fill out a form and check it for completeness
over the internet. Using e-TEAS you can then submit the form directly to
the USPTO over the internet, making an official filing on-line. Or using
PrinTEAS you can print out the completed form for mailing to the USPTO.
It's your choice!
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International Internet Resources
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Nongovernmental Internet Resources
- All about Trademarks (Guillot & Gazala)
- This site is dedicated to trademarks, and trademark law.
At this site you can learn about marks, explore their trademark links,
order U.S. applications and search reports, or follow related links to
copyright, unfair competition, computer, multimedia, advertising,
international trade, and trade secret law topics.
- Common Law Trademark Searching
- This is a list of Internet yellow pages and Internet Search
Engines where you can search for Common Law Trademarks.
- General Information about Trademarks
- This is the electronic equivalent to the print version. It briefly describes the process for applying for a trademark.
- Master-McNeil, Inc. Trademark Information Resource
- This firm specialized in naming and branding issues.
Master-McNeil naming and branding services include: creating effective
product, brand, and corporate names, optimizing brand architecture,
determining the best use of existing names and brand equities, conducting
preliminary trademark availability searches, verifying linguistic and
cultural acceptability, and conducting qualitative and quantitative name testing.
- Trademark.com via MicroPatent Fee Based
- Introducing trademark.com, the only complete online search service
with over 50 million U.S. federal, state, common law, Canadian and WIPO
marks, as well as an extensive domain name collection of .com, .net and
.org records. On trademark.com, you're guaranteed to get complete,
reliable results - each and every time you search.
Trademark.com is pleased to announce the recent addition of Canadian &
WIPO files to its trademark.com system, as such expanding its scope
internationally. See for yourself how comprehensive trademark.com's data is.
- Thomas Register
- ThomasRegister.com is the world’s leading resource for information
on industrial products and services. Our comprehensive website offers:
more than 170,000 manufacturers with extensive company and product
information, secure online ordering and RFQ's for thousands of
manufacturers, millions of downloadable CAD drawings, thousands of online
catalogs and links to company websites, search by product, company or
brand name.
- Thomson & Thomson Fee-based
- This commercial site provides users the ability to search for
U.S. trademarks and Domain Registrations through SAEGIS. You can also
search for Japanese and European Union Trademarks.
- Trademark Information via bitlaw
- This site provides basic trademark information including the following topics: Devices that can
Serve as Trademarks, The Varying Strength of Different Trademarks,
Searching Common Law Rights, Federal Law and Federal Registration,
Infringement, Dilution and Trademarks and the Internet.
- Trademark Trial and Appeals Board Decisions
- This is the USPTO's administrative trial court where challenges to
trademark infringement are first addressed. You must know the
docket number to be successful in locating your case. This body
also hears and decides appeals from prospective trademark
applicants.
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Primary Law
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Reference Sources
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Research Guides
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Government Internet Resources
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Nongovernmental Internet Resources
- Trade Secrets Home Page by R. Mark Halligan
- This site provides many articles on Trade Secrets. It has a list
of Reported Criminal Arrests And Convictions Under The Economic Espionage
Act Of 1996. It also has background and legal notices on trade secrets
dealing with Privacy & Intellectual Property. It also provides
information on Trade Secret Audits, Trade Secret Protection Programs,
Software Development Schedule and Trade Secret Litigation (an
archive of over 300 trade secret cases).
- General Information on Trade Secrets
- This page describes the distinction between trade secrets and copyrights, and patents.
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Primary Law
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Reference Sources
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Research Guides
