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Associations
- American Bar Association Section of Intellectual Property Offers e-mail discussion groups and publications.
- American Intellectual Property Law Association National bar association of lawyers in the practice of patent, trademark, copyright and unfair competition law, as well as other fields of law affecting intellectual property.
- Intellectual Property Owners Association Association includes companies, universities, inventors, authors, executives and attorneys.
- National Council of Intellectual Property Associations Non-profit organization of local, regional and national intellectual property law associations.
Government Resources
- Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS) U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division. Features policies, cases, guidance, laws and documents on computer crimes, intellectual property crimes and cybercrimes.
- U.S. Copyright Office Includes licensing information, copyright searches, forms, information circulars, and more.
- US Patent and Trademark Office Features patent and trademark searches, forms, fee information, news, and statistics.
- World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) History, activities and services provided, state offices, and news and information resources.
Laws
- Copyright Laws U.S. Code, Title 17.
- Digital Millennium Copyright Act Index Background on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act; timeline and various bills introducing the Act.
- GATT 1994 Including the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property.
- International Trademark Classifications
- Patent Laws U.S. Code, Title 35.
- Patent, Trademark and Copyright Regulations Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Title 37.
- Trademark Laws U.S. Code, Title 15, Chapter 22.
- Universal Copyright Convention From UNESCO. As revised at Paris on July 24, 1971.
- WIPO Treaties and Contracting Parties From the World Intellectual Property Organization. Includes Intellectual Property Protection Treaties, Global Protection System Treaties, and Classification Treaties.
Web Sites
- Biotechnology Patents and New Technologies Links to full text of biotech patents from 1994 and 1995 as well as to patent titles; allows searching of biotech patents and other links.
- European Copyright Focal Point Activities of the European Copyright User Platform (ECUP), archive of the discussion list on European copyright developments.
- ISTA Japanese Patent, Utility Model and Trademark Information Commercial Japanese patent download site from International Science and Technology Associates, Inc (ISTA).
Westlaw Databases
- Biotech Patent News (BIOTECHPAT)
- BNA Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal (BNA-PTCJ)
- BNA Patent, Trademark & Copyright Law Daily (BNA-PTD)
- Brand Strategy (BRNDST)
- Brands & Their Companies (Dialog) (BRANDS)
- Code of Federal Regulations (FIP-CFR)
- Derwent Biotechnology Abstracts (Dialog) (BIOTECH-ABS)
- Derwent LitAlert (LITALERT)
- Derwent Patent Status File (PATSTAT)
- Derwent Patents Citation Index (Dialog) (PATCITE)
- Derwent World Patents Legal (DWPL)
- European & United Kingdom Reports (IP-RPTS-ALL)
- Federal Cases (FIP-CS)
- Federal Register (FIP-FR)
- Financial Product Fundamentals: A Guide for Lawyers (PLIREF-FINP)
- General Revision of Copyright Law 1976 (COPYREV76-LH)
- How to Draft for Corporate Finance (PLIREF-CORPFIN)
- INPADOC/Family & Legal Status (Dialog) (INPADOC)
- Intellectual Property News (IPNEWS)
- International Trade Commission (FINT-ITC)
- Law Reviews, Texts & Bar Journals Combined (IP-TP)
- Manual of Patent Classification (FIP-USPATCL)
- Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (FIP-MPEP)
- Manual of Trademark Examining Procedure (FIP-TMEP)
- Merck Index Online (Dialog) (MRCKINDX)
- Music & Copyright (MUS&CY)
- Patent & Trademark Office Decisions (FIP-PTO)
- Patents Throughout the World (PATWORLD)
- PLASPEC Materials Selection Database (Dialog) (PLASPEC)
- Prous Science Daily Essentials - Archive (Dialog) (PSDE-A)
- Prous Science Daily Essentials - Current (Dialog) (PSDE-C)
- Thomas Register Online (Dialog) (TRO)
- TRADEMARKSCAN - European Community (Dialog) (IP-EC)
- TRADEMARKSCAN - International Register (WIPO) (Dialog)
- TRADEMARKSCAN - International Register (WIPO) (DIALOG) (IP-WIPO)
- TRADEMARKSCAN - North America (Dialog) (IP-NA)
- TRADEMARKSCAN - U.S. - Federal (Dialog) (FIP-TM)
- TRADEMARKSCAN - U.S. - State (Dialog) (MIP-TM)
- U.S. Code (FIP-USCA)
- U.S. Patents Full-Text (US-PAT)
- U.S. Patents Quarterly (USPQ)
- Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy Arbitration Decisions (UDRP-ARB)
- Westlaw Topical Highlights (WTH-IP)
- WIPO - Patent Cooperation Treaty Patents (Dialog) (PCT)
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