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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

• European Trademark Office European trademarks, practices and procedures, legal aspects, and databases.
• European Trademark Office: Related Web Sites Trademark resources in Europe, including country-specific trademark offices.
• 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

• International Trademark Classifications
• Law about...Trademark From the Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School.
• Patent, Trademark and Copyright Regulations Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Title 37.
• Prosecuting Intellectual Property Crimes Manual From the U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS). Features information on the criminal copyright infringement and trafficking in counterfeit labels.
• Trademark Laws U.S. Code, Title 15, Chapter 22.
• Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) Features TTAB decision summaries, final decisions, manual of procedure, documents and more.
• U.S. Trademark Law From the US Patent and Trademark Ofice. Features Rules of Practice and federal statutes.
• 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

• ISTA Japanese Patent, Utility Model and Trademark Information Commercial Japanese patent download site from International Science and Technology Associates, Inc (ISTA).
• Trademarks & Copyrights From Nolo.

Westlaw Databases

• 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)
• Federal Cases (FIP-CS)
• Federal Register (FIP-FR)
• Law Reviews, Texts & Bar Journals Combined (IP-TP)
• Manual of Trademark Examining Procedure (FIP-TMEP)
• Patent & Trademark Office Decisions (FIP-PTO)
• 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)
• Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy Arbitration Decisions (UDRP-ARB)