Intellectual Property

Resources in this category:

About.Com: Inventors
http://inventors.about.com/

A guide for those who want to know about inventors, and for inventors themselves; with feature articles, Website guides, and discussion forums. Topics covered include famous inventions & inventors, avoiding scams, events & conventions, patents, and more.

Basic Patents.com: Learn About Intellectual Property
http://www.basicpatents.com/learnaip.htm

This site is intended to give you a basic understanding of patents and other forms of intellectual property including trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets. It discusses how to obtain a patent, how to search the United States Patent and Trademark Office to determine whether your invention is patentable, and how to file a patent application.

BNA's Intellectual Property Professional Information Center
http://ipcenter.bna.com/

Browsable annotated archive of legal documents relating to electronic information in general and the Internet in particular. Some of the sections are: Antitrust; Communications Decency Act; Computer Crime; Intellectual Property (Copyrights, Trademarks, Patents); Cryptography; Privacy.

Cal. State Northbridge University Library: Patents, Trademark, & Copyright
http://library.csun.edu/Find_Resources/Government_Publicatio...

Link to California State University at Northridge - University Library intellectual property resources, specifically patent information.

Chilling Effects Clearinghouse
http://www.chillingeffects.org/

Learn about the ways in which the First Amendment applies to online activities at this site sponsored by the Electronic Frontiers Foundation and a number of universities. Includes a searchable database of Cease and Desist notices issued to Internet users.

Classroom Guide to Copyrights
http://english.usf.edu/walker/papers/copyright/ipdummie.html

This site contains links to information concerning the importance of intellectual property rights issues, management of the patent portfolio, and services providing comprehensive information on how to obtain a patent on intellectual property.

Copyright
http://www.swiss.ai.mit.edu/6095/readings-ip.html

Site discusses the respect for copyright protection, a curricula all educational levels, the need for continual reinforcement of the importance of intellectual property throughout the lifelong learning of every user.

Copyright & Fair Use
http://fairuse.stanford.edu/

A searchable archive of online information relating to copyright law, including primary source documents, legislation, and a guide to Internet resources.

Copyright Law and Litigation Resource
http://www.kasunic.com/

This site has many links to articles, legislation, cases and resources concerning copyright law and litigation.

Copyright Resources Online
http://www.library.yale.edu/%7Eokerson/copyproj.html

The Yale University Library presents a Copyright Resources Online Index. This index is divided into two sections: University Copyright Resources and Non-University Intellectual Property Resources. Features a table that helps determine when works pass into public domain.

Copyright Website
http://www.benedict.com/

"The Copyright Website strives to lubricate the machinations of information delivery by providing transparency to a particularly opaque and obtuse area of intellectual property." Sections include: Copyright Registration, the Basics of Copyright Law, and examples of copyright infringement in digital, video and audio formats. The author of the site is an intellectual property attorney in the United States.

Copyright, Intellectual Property Rights, And Licensing Issues
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Copyright/

Site contains information regarding The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), Washington, DC., as well as tracking of policy and legislation by the American Library Association Washington Office, see their Digital Millennium Copyright Act Guide, also Resources from the 2003 Law and Technology of DRM Conference, and an electronic journal published by the University of Michigan Press.

Creative Commons
http://creativecommons.org/

"Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization that offers flexible copyright licenses for creative works."

Digital Information Law Web
http://floridalawfirm.com/infolaw.html

This site has links to people, places and things that can help you understand your rights in the emerging digital information age.

Digital Intellectual Property and Public Policy
http://www.dfc.org/

This site discusses the need for balance in law and public policy between protecting digital intellectual property and affording public access to it.

Digital Intellectual Property Copyright
http://whatiscopyright.org/

This site has links to information about copyright protection in general and as applied to the Internet and digital intellectual property.

Digital Intellectual Property Patenting
http://www.bustpatents.com/

This site has links to legal resources, information and tools for surviving the patenting frenzy of the Internet, bioinformatics, and electronic commerce.

Digital Intellectual Property Resources
http://www.ipmall.fplc.edu/

This site contains links to a collection of digital intellectual property resources and information.

Digital Intellectual Property Rights
http://www.eff.org/issues/intellectual-property

This site contains many links to information on digital intellectual property issues and rights.

Find Law.com: Patents
http://www.findlaw.com/01topics/23intellectprop/02patent/

This site contains thousands of legal sites, cases, codes, forms, law reviews, law schools, bar associations, law firms, experts, CLE courses, and much more.

Franklin Pierce Law Center: Avoiding Intellectual Property Problems
http://www.fplc.edu/tfield/avoid.htm

Site contains links to information on patents, copyrights and trademarks, as well as trade secrets and related IP rights.

Free Patents Online
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/

Database of patent descriptions, searchable by keyword or by patent number.

HieroGamos Research Center: Intellectual Property Law
http://www.hg.org/intell.html

This site focuses on the regulation of intangible rights regarding ideas, and tangible rights to use particular trademarks, patents and copyrights to produce goods and services. Included also are the rights to transfer these ideas, and compensation for transaction through licensing fees.

Information and Intellectual Property
http://www.swiss.ai.mit.edu/6095/readings-ip.html

Site discusses the respect for copyright protection, a curricula all educational levels, the need for continual reinforcement of the importance of intellectual property throughout the lifelong learning of every user.

Intellectual Property - Copyright
http://www.hg.org/intell.html

This site focuses on the regulation of intangible rights regarding ideas, and tangible rights to use particular trademarks, patents and copyrights to produce goods and services. It includes the right to transfer these ideas, compensation for transaction through licensing fees and related areas including commercial transactions, trade, computers, technology and tax law.

Intellectual Property Alliance
http://www.iipa.com/

This site has links to various international intellectual property resources and issues concerning U.S. copyright-based industries in bilateral and multilateral efforts to improve international protection of copyrighted materials including all types of computer software.

Intellectual Property and Copyright in the Digital Environment
http://www.umuc.edu/distance/odell/cip/

This site provides links to resources and information in the areas of intellectual property, copyright, and the emerging digital environment.

Intellectual Property and the Internet
http://ip.nationalacademies.org/

This site contains many links to works on intellectual property and is a forum to discuss ongoing work.

Intellectual Property Law
http://www.hg.org/intell.html

This site focuses on the regulation of intangible rights regarding ideas, and tangible rights to use particular trademarks, patents and copyrights to produce goods and services.

Intellectual Property Legislation
http://www.abanet.org/intelprop/currentleg.html

This site contains many links to intellectual property related bills.

Intellectual Property on the Web
http://digitalenterprise.org/ip/ip.html

This site has many links to reports on digital intellectual property law and many related topics.

IP Watchdog: Intellectual Property
http://www.ipwatchdog.com/

Site discusses intellectual property and the legal rights often associated with real or personal property, the rights that are given are a function of statutory law, both federal and state. It also discusses intellectual property in conjunction with (1) patent law; (2) copyright law; (3) trade secret law; (4) the right of publicity; and (5) trademark and unfair competition law.

Legal Protection of Digital Information
http://www.digital-law-online.com/lpdi1.0/

This site contains information on the legal protection of digital information. It now contains an online version of that book and in the future will contain other online texts, as well as links to other sites useful in understanding law in the digital age.

MPA Copyright Search Resource Guide
http://www.mpa.org/

"Are you looking for the publisher of a piece of music?" This website serves as a guide to other databases that may help you find the music copyright information that you are looking for.

Online Privacy Alliance
http://www.privacyalliance.org/

The site is has many links relating to online privacy and suggestions to introduce and promote business-wide actions that create an environment of trust and foster the protection of individuals' privacy online.

Patent Law Links.com
http://www.patentlawlinks.com/

A comprehensive, categorized directory of patent-related resources on the Internet, along with links to recent patent court decisions. Also contains patent forms for downloading.

Patent, Copyright & Trademark
http://www.nolo.com/resource.cfm/catID/FD8C060B-5DD4-4809-A5...

Articles from Nolo Press about patent, copyright and Trademark law in the United States. Includes the full text of the book Patent, Copyright & Trademark by attorny Stephen Elias .

PatentCafe
http://www.patentcafe.com/

A gateway to resources on intellectual property, patents, and inventors.

Patents at the University of Cincinnati
http://www.ipo.uc.edu/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.patents

This site contains information on patents from idea formation to filing.

PD Info: Public Domain Music
http://www.pdinfo.com/

"A reference site to help the ordinary person identify public domain songs and public domain music... royalty free music you can use anywhere and any way you choose... performance, sing-along, film, video, advertising, business, or personal." Includes info on copyright and public domain, an FAQ, and a song list of titles in the public domain.

Pirated-Sites.com
http://www.pirated-sites.com/

"Pirated-Sites.com showcases side-by-side comparisons of web sites that are suspected of borrowing, copying or stealing copyright-protected content, design or code without permission." The website offers a searchable archive and information about copyright and technical issues.

Primer on the Ethics of "Intellectual Property"
http://www.ram.org/ramblings/philosophy/fmp/copying_primer.h...

This site provides a general framework for freeing any information covered under copyright and patent laws.

Privacy Online: A Report to Congress by Federal Trade Commission
http://www.ftc.gov/reports/privacy3/toc.htm

This site contains links to a report to Congress discussing an assessment of the effectiveness of self-regulation as a means of protecting consumer privacy on the World Wide Web, a brief history of work in the area of online privacy, a summary of the privacy concerns raised by the new online marketplace and the core principles of privacy-protective information practices and compares current industry guidelines with these principles.

Software Patent Institute
http://www.spi.org/

"A nonprofit corporation formed to provide courses and prior art about software technology to help improve the patent process." This site features the SPI Database of Software Technologies, which "consists of descriptions of software technologies. Each record in the database is all or a portion of a source document that is generally not readily available on-line or in electronic form elsewhere. In particular, we do not include patents and most current trade publications; we are interested in the 'folklore' of the computing industry... Our source documents include computer manuals, older textbooks and older journal articles, conference proceedings, and other such materials." Links to other patent-, computer software-, and computer science-related sites are also available.

US Patent and Trademark Office Home Page
http://www.uspto.gov/

"Home page for the United States Patent & Trademark Office. A resource for all those seeking information about submitting patent or trademark applications, and searching for patents or trademarks. Includes links to other industrial offices around the world. Includes a catalog of information products and services and a list of the 80 Patent & Trademark Depository Libraries in the U.S.which have extensive collections of patents and trademarks as well as staff trained in patent and trademark searching."

US Patent Office: What Are Patents, Trademarks, Servicemarks, and Copyrights
http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/doc/general/whatis.htm

Some people confuse patents, copyrights, and trademarks. Although there may be some similarities among these kinds of intellectual property protection, they are different and serve different purposes.

USPTO Web Trademark Database
http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/gate.exe?f=tess&state=mts759.1.1

"This page is the starting point for the USPTO's free trademark database, which includes the full bibliographic text of pending and registered trademarks." The database can be searched by "Combined Marks Search (Word Mark, Pseudo-Mark, and Translation), Number Search (Registration or Serial Number), Boolean Search (Graphical interface; two search terms; "AND", "OR"), Manual Search (Type a command line search expression)."

Uventures: Intellectual Property
http://www.uventures.com/links_resources/ip.cfm

This site has many links to sites which help further one's understanding of intellectual property laws, including patents, trademarks, and copyrights.

Yahoo! News Full Coverage: Intellectual Property
http://news.yahoo.com/fc?tmpl=fc&cid=34&in=business&cat=inte...

Features current news stories related to intellectual property. Also links to news sources, opinions & editorials, magazine articles, video sources, and related Web sites.