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Patent, Copyright & Trademark Acts (from Cornell Law School)
U.S. Government Resources
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
- General Information Concerning Patents
- Basic Facts about Patents
- Basic Facts about Trademarks
- Current Notices of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
- Official Gazette Notices
- Patent Databases
- images available for patents since 1790
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See Free Patents Online for free downloading of multi-page PDF versions of patents - Trademark Databases
- Special Page for Business Methods Patents (TC2100)
- U.S. Copyright Office Home Page
- Copyright Publications Gopher site
- Intellectual Property Decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court
International Intellectual Property Protection
- International Legal Page at the USPTO
- National and International Patent Offices
Australia
Austria
Belgium (Ministry of Economic Affairs)
Canada - with Patent Search Database and Trademark Search Database
China
Czech Republic
Denmark -
European Patent Office or (alt URL)
Finland
France
Germany
Hungary
Israel - Adin Liss Law Offices site
Italy
Japan
Jordan - website of Patent Attorney Eyad al-Sukhon
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Monaco
New Zealand
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Singapore - alternate URL: http://www.epatents.gov.sg
Slovenia
Spain
Switzerland
United Kingdom - World Intellectual Property
Organization (WIPO)
WIPO PCT Page - WIPRO Estimator and IP Practices Worldwide. Software for estimating international patenting costs (we use it) and "a rapidly-expanding database listing IP law firms worldwide" from Computer Software Associates.
- International Patent Search Resources:
SurfIP - from the Singapore Intellectual Property Office - search patents from US, PCT, EPO, Canada, Singapore, others
UK Patent Office - with link to EPO Espacenet - search many different countries, PCT
Canadian Patent Office Patents Database - List of standard numeric codes for information on printed patents (INID codes)
- A links page to International IP websites compiled by European Patent Attorney Ralph Beier.
Electronic Journals on the Internet
- Berkeley Technology Law Journal from the University of California at Berkeley
- Harvard Journal of Law and Technology
- Richmond Journal of Law & Technology
- Copyright and Fair Use at Stanford
Marketing Links for Inventors: Manufacturers, Distributors, etc.
- Thomas Register Supplier Finder - an online version of the famous manufacturers' directory.
- MacRae's Blue Book - "America's Original Industrial Directory since 1893 - First published in 1893, MacRAE'S BLUE BOOK is now a leading on-line industrial directory and has just been re-designed to offer significantly more information than most other industrial directories, all free-of-charge."
- The Central New York Technology Development Organization, Inc. - TDO is a Syracuse-based not-for-profit corporation, partially funded by the MEP and by Empire State Development through the New York State Science and Technology Foundation . Its mission is to accomplish economic development through the support of high tech and manufacturing entrepreneurs and businesses in Cayuga, Onondaga, Madison, Cortland, and Oswego counties.
- Trade Easy International, an international trade organisation that specialises in putting suppliers and buyers together in a simple and efficient way. - an international trade web site with full products descriptions, product photos and company descriptions from 56 countries been put into specific classifications for easy search.
Blogs and USENET Discussion Groups on Intellectual Property
- Patently Obvious - one of the earliest, and best, blogs for news and information on patent law, from Dennis Crouch of the University of Missouri
- Likelihood of Confusion - blog on trademark and copyright issues, from "IP maven" Ron Coleman.
- TTABlog - reviews decisions of the Trademark Trial and Appeals Board (TTAB)
- PHOSITA - blog on general US IP topics
- Patry Copyright Blog - the definitive blog on copyright issues, by William Patry, senior copyright counsel at Google.
- IPKat - blog on IP issues from a European/UK perspective
- Why didn't I think of that? - a Canadian IP blog
- alt.inventors newsgroup: Especially for inventors (i.e. patent issues, rather than copyright or trademark). Generally a good resource, although it often rehashes the same questions over and over.
- misc.int-property newsgroup: postings cover all forms of IP, especially copyright and trademark issues in software and the Internet.
Books we recommend:
- Crackpot or Genius? : A Complete Guide to the Uncommon Art of Inventing
- Complete
Idiot's Guide to Cashing in on Your Invention by Richard C. Levy - Quality Paperback, 384 pages, 7 1/2 x
9 inches Publisher: Alpha; ISBN: 0028642201; ©2002
- this book has replaced the Inventor's Desktop Companion by the same author. We haven't seen the new book, but said about the former one:
"A very good explanation of the various things any innovator needs to know. Not just patents, but trademarks, copyrights, licensing, prototyping, Federal programs and others. Written by a professional toy and game inventor."
by Francis D. Reynolds
Chicago Review Press, 814 N. Franklin St., Chicago IL 60610
ISBN 1-55652-193-6
One of the best guides to inventions and inventing by an inventor with a background in corporate and private invention, consulting and teaching. As much a book on how to invent as it is on patenting, licensing, and so on. Has many examples of inventions and inventors, good and bad, valuable and silly.
Other Intellectual Property Websites
- Kuesterlaw Technology Law Resource
- Intellectual Property Owners (IPO) - "An Association Serving Owners Of Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, And Trade Secrets. "
- Thomson and Thomson: originators of the Trademarkscan(r) databases, and a premier trademark and copyright searching firm.
- Franklin Pierce Law Center a law school specializing in Intellectual Property, among other things.
- Mayall's IP Links - a site in the UK, including links to "Patently Absurd" UK patents.
- Peter's Patent Page - created, and is maintained, by Peter Anthony Nieves, a Technical Advisor for the law firm of Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP, located in Atlanta, Georgia. "It is my intention that this page provide all with valuable information and links pertaining to the copyright, patent, trademark, and trade secret law fields. I hope this page serves its purpose as I have enjoyed creating it!"
- The Copyright Website
- Trade Secret Home Page
- Software Patent Institute
- JurisNotes.com - a for-pay subscription service for court decisions in IP cases (two months subscription free). Website has a good free collection of basic IP statutes and treaties, links to off-site news articles, and back issues of the newsletter.
- InnovaSafe offers a variety of technology protection services including: Source Code and Software Escrow; Intellectual Property and Technology Escrow; SEC Compliance Title 17 Protection; and Technical Verification Services
Worthwhile IP Pages on specific topics...
- 10 Steps to Creating a Beneficial Patent Attorney Relationship by Andy Gibbs at PatentCafe.com - A good relationship with your patent attorney will create lasting benefit to inventors. Here's how to make sure that your relationship with your patent attorney is a good one.
- Seeking Cost-Effective Patents - How to evaluate your invention in terms of patent protection. An essay by Thomas Field at the Franklin Pierce Law Center. Also see his paper entitled "So You Have an Idea," a guide to help independent inventors make an assessment of their situation. There's also a page on Trademarks.
- Two articles on IP Protection of Computer Software from
"developer.*", a web magazine for software developers:
"Seven Sins of Software Sellers: Common Mistakes In Protecting Intellectual Property" and "Intellectual Property Strategies for the Software Seller" both by Craig McCrohon - Cornell University Center for Technology, Enterprise and Commercialization - Information for Inventors page
- Inventure Place is dedicated to the creative process. We're a museum - and more. Inventure Place is a laboratory where you can explore your curiosity and creativity. As our motto says, Inventure Place is where you will Discover the Inventor in you.
- Patent Office Deputy Commissioner Michael K. Kirk's testimony about a recent bill to regulate Invention Marketing Companies.
- Comments of the Chairman of the Intellectual Property Section of the ABA on how Invention Marketing Companies work.
- Mark Twain's speech on copyright.
- Look at some Weird and Wonderful Patents
- We can't resist - have you seen Dilbert? The thinking engineer's comic strip.
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