INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RESOURCES
Primary Source Documents
- The U.S. Copyright Act - Title 17
- Current as of 1/5/1999 - includes the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
- Collection of IP Laws
- At the WIPO, a searchable electronic collection of laws from 35 countries and European Communities, and the texts of all WIPO treaties.
- Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
- From the Legal Information Institute. The U.S. became a member of the Berne Convention in 1989.
- Universal Copyright Convention
- From Tufts University.
- The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
- Guide to Judicial and Administrative IP Decisions
- A very good guide to finding administrative and judicial decisions. It gives a good overview of where documents are published, but it is a bit dated - for example, BPAI & PTO Commissioner decisions are now available free on the internet, but this is not indicated on the guide.
Intellectual Property Organizations
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- The federal agency that controls the issuance of patents and trademarks. Excellent database page, including the Manual of Classification Index, and the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure .
- U.S. Copyright Office
- From The Library of Congress. Lots of good stuff here, including info. on copyright requests, licensing, and FOIA requests. See their page of copyright circulars for good overviews of many aspects of copyright law.
- World Intellectual Property Organization
Major collections of IP information
- Intellectual property mall
- From Franklin Pierce Law Center. A truly impressive resource providing links to "the most valuable online resources in the world."
- Internet Law and Regulation
- An excellent service that provides recent cases, laws, and analytical materials dealing with Internet Law. Check out the "Intellectual Property" section, also the "Recent Developments."
- lawprofessor.org
- Resources and links on intellectual property and the patent bar from Andrew Beckerman-Rodau, professor of law and co-director of the IP concentration at Suffolk University Law School.
- Findlaw IP Resources
- Findlaw's collection of briefs, articles, and online resources for IP law.
- LII Copyright Resources
- A collection of Intellectual Property resources from the Legal Information Institute - includes international materials.
- ALA copyright information
- The American Library Association's page of copyright information.
Last updated 2010
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