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Forum Shopping More Likely as a Result of Narrowing of Federal Circuit Jurisdiction in VornadoBy Bruce M. Wexler and Joseph M. O'Malley of Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & ScintoFor the past twenty years, however complicated appellate practice could otherwise be, at least patent litigators did not have to think about where to file a notice of appeal, or how to find the right courthouse. All appeals from cases that included patent claims, whether those claims were part of the plaintiff's complaint or instead arose as counterclaims, were heard by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C.
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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
- State Intellectual Property Office of P.R. China Features official communications, laws and regulations, guide for patent applications 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
- GATT 1994 Including the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property.
- Law about...Patents From the Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School.
- Patent Laws U.S. Code, Title 35.
- Patent, Trademark and Copyright Regulations Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Title 37.
- Patents Legislation & Regulations From the US Patent and Trademark Office.
- 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.
- ISTA Japanese Patent, Utility Model and Trademark Information Commercial Japanese patent download site from International Science and Technology Associates, Inc (ISTA).
- Patent & Trade Secrets From Nolo. Covers Patent Basics, Applying for Patent Protection and Putting Your Patent to Work.
Westlaw Databases
- Biotech Patent News (BIOTECHPAT)
- BNA Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal (BNA-PTCJ)
- BNA Patent, Trademark & Copyright Law Daily (BNA-PTD)
- 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)
- Federal Cases (FIP-CS)
- Federal Register (FIP-FR)
- Law Reviews, Texts & Bar Journals Combined (IP-TP)
- Manual of Patent Classification (FIP-USPATCL)
- Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (FIP-MPEP)
- Patent & Trademark Office Decisions (FIP-PTO)
- Patents Throughout the World (PATWORLD)
- U.S. Code (FIP-USCA)
- U.S. Patents Full-Text (US-PAT)
- U.S. Patents Quarterly (USPQ)
- WIPO - Patent Cooperation Treaty Patents (Dialog) (PCT)
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