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Copyright - U.S. Copyright Office
- Library of Congress

United States Patent and Trademark Office
"...includes the AIDS Patent Database (a freely searchable database of the full text and images of AIDS related patents issued by the US, Japanese and European patent offices)."

Asia-Pacific Industrial Property Center (APIC)

[Australia] IP Australia
"IP Australia is the federal government agency that grants rights in patents, trade marks and designs...IP Australia incorporates the Patent, Designs and Trade Marks Offices. It is a division of the Department of Industry, Science and Resources (ISR) but operates independently and reports directly to the Minister."

BitLaw
A Resource on Technology Law
"...is a comprehensive Internet resource on technology law, containing over 1,800 pages on patent, copyright, trademark, and Internet legal issues. BitLaw was created by Daniel A. Tysver, a partner with the intellectual property law firm of Beck & Tysver."
Sections include: Patent Law ; Software Patents ; Trademark Law ; Copyright Law ; Internet Law ; Primary Sources ; Legal Links ; Forms & Contracts.

British Library - Patent and Intellectual Property Information Resources
"This site is a guide to patent, and to some extent other intellectual property, information resources on the Internet. It is hosted by the Patents Information service of STB, the science, technology and business wing of the British Library...This site concentrates on British and then European sources. American sites are already well catered for by Gateway sites such as those listed below. This site also concentrates on database information (some of which is subscription only), patent offices, commercial providers and organizations, rather than on sources of legal information and advice."
- British Library Science Technology and Business (STB)

Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS) of the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice

Copyright Website
"This site endeavors to provide real world, practical and relevant copyright information of interest to infonauts, netsurfers, webspinners, content providers, musicians, appropriationists, activists, infringers, outlaws, and law abiding citizens."
By Benedict O'Mahoney

Cybercrime
 Sections include: Computer Crime ; Intellectual Property Crime ; Cybercrime Documents ; General Information ; Legal and Policy Issues.
From the U.S. Dept. of Justice Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS)

DNA Patent Database (DPD)
 "The DPD, a joint project of the Georgetown University's Kennedy Institute of Ethics and the Foundation for Genetic Medicine, allows free public access to the full text and analysis of all DNA patents issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO)...This database enables users to conduct boolean searches of the full text of the patents and of delimited fields. The DPD is being created, with a particular focus on issued claims, to enable relevant empirical studies of actual DNA based patents. Patents included in the DPD were identified by virtue of their PTO classification and the presence of keywords such as "DNA" within the body of the patent."

esp@cenet
Europe's Network of Patent Databases
"...is a free service on the internet provided by the European Patent Organisation through the EPO and the national offices of its members states...Using esp@cenetvia one of the national office websites, it is possible to search all the patent applications published in the past two years (or more in some cases) by any national office in the European Patent Organisation...Abstracts, bibliographic data and full text: EPO, France, Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States and WIPO."

IDEA - The Intellectual Property Law Review - (dead link)

Intellectual Property Law Server
"The intellectual property law server provides information about intellectual property law including patent, trademark and copyright.Resources include comprehensive links, general information, space for professionals to publish articles and forums for discussing related issues."

Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Helpdesk
"...comprehensive information on the benefits and practical aspects of IPR protection; links to hundreds of IPR related websites including professional bodies, national and transnational patent authorities, and many others; access to patent search systems such as the European Patent Organisation's esp@cenet service, which gives access to more than 30 million patent specifications; tutorials and specialized front ends to patent search services; a document collection including all EU Directives relating to IPR; - and many other sources of information, including IP-Wire, our on-line newsletter, which is also available by e-mail on request."
Funded by the European Commission

IP @ The National Academies
"Welcome to the National Academies' Intellectual Property website. From Internet content protection to human gene patenting, IP rights in many forms have emerged from legal obscurity to public debate. This website serves as a guide to the Academies' extensive work on Intellectual Property and a forum to discuss ongoing work."
Topics include: Antitrust ; Copyright ; Database Protection ; International Harmonization ; Licensing ; Litigation ; Patent Administration ; Trade Secrets ; Trademarks.

IPWatchdoc.com
"...dedicated to providing a free Internet resource for Intellectual Property Law, Internet Law, and Antitrust Law.
By Gene Quinn, Patent Attorney and Visiting Professor, Temple University School of Law

Ius mentis
Law and Technology Explained
"The purpose of iusmentis.com is, put briefly, 'to explain the law to techies, and tech to laywers'...This site aims to serve as a starting point for learning about intellectual property laws and principles for anyone with an ICT-related background...A second objective of this site is to offer some insight in how technologies such as the domain naming system or e-commerce work, and how they can be regarded from a legal point of view."

[Japan] Institute of Intellectual Property (English or Japanese)

[Japan] Japan Intellectual Property Association

[Japan] Japan Patent Information Organization

[Japan] Japanese Patent Office

Journal of Technology Law & Policy
Leven College of Law, University of Florida

KuesterLaw Technology Law Resources
Patent, Copyright, Trademark
Topics include Basic Info, Tech Law, Other Law, IP Resources, Gov't Links, News/Lists, and more
ByJeffrey R. Kuester

Law Guru - Intellectual property
Source for both US and International resources

lessig blog
Blog by Cyber Law guru Lawrence Lessig, Professor of Law at Stanford Law School and founder of the school's Center for Internet and Society.

Library of Congress - The Section 108 Study Group
"The Section 108 Study Group is a select committee of copyright experts, convened by the Library of Congress, and charged with updating for the digital world the Copyright Act's balance between the rights of creators and copyright owners and the needs of libraries and archives."

LSU Libraries Webliography: Patents and Trademarks
Sections include: Libraries ; FAQs ; Trademarks ; Patent Offices ; Patent Searching ; Invention Marketing Fraud ; Technology Transfer ; E-Journals ; Organizations ; Recommended Books.
Maintained by Donna Hopkins

National Academy Press (free downloads)

[Mexico] Mexican Trademark and Copyright Law as it Applies to E-Commerce
LLRX.com Feature 03/19/2001 By Jose-Juan Mendez

National [U.S.] Human Genome Resarch Institute (NHGRI) - (dead link)

Opposing Copyright Extension
"A Forum for Information On Congress's Recent Extension of the Term of Copyright Protection and for Promoting the Public Domain"
Maintained by Dennis S. Karjala, Professor of Law, Arizona State University.

Oxfam International

  • HIV/AIDS
    Sections include: News ; Campaigns ; Resources ; External Links.
    • Patents vs. Patients: Five Years after the Doha Declaration
      "Five years ago, members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) signed a ministerial agreement to ensure that intellectual property rules would no longer obstruct developing countriesí efforts to protect public health. Since then, however, little has changed."
      Policy Paper 95, November 2006.

Searchable IP Databases - Updated
By Kathy Biehl
LLRX.com, ResearchRoundUp Column, July 15, 2002

Shidler Journal of Law, Commerce & Technology
- University of Washington School of Law

Stanford Copyright and Fair Use
Sections include Primary Materials, Current Legislation, Resources on the Internet, and Overview of Copyright Laws

Stanford Law School - Center for Internet and Society

Stanford Technology Law Review (STLR)

UCLA Online Institute for Cyberspace Law and Policy
 Includes current news items, history and an updated bibliography

U.K. Patent Office

  • Intellectual Property
    "...the Government-backed home of UK Intellectual Property on the Internet. We hope to bring you all the answers to your questions and all the resources you need to find your way through the IP jungle of Copyright, Designs, Patents and Trade Marks."

United Nations - UNESCO Communication and Information
"UNESCO encourages international debate about the impact of globalisation upon access to information and the process of communication."

  • Collection of National Copyright Laws
    "Full texts of national copyright and related rights legislation of UNESCO Member States can now be accessed on the website of UNESCO's Culture Sector. The collection currently comprises about 100 laws and is constantly being updated and completed."

U.S. Copyright Office
- Library of Congress

U.S. Department of Justice

United States Patent and Trademark Office
"...includes the AIDS Patent Database (a freely searchable database of the full text and images of AIDS related patents issued by the US, Japanese and European patent offices)."

University of Maryland University College - Center for Intellectual Property and Copyright in the Digital Environment

  • Current Issues and Resources
    Sections include: General ; Copyright Management ; Digital Millennium Copyright Act ; Fair Use ; Digital Rights and Emerging Technologies ; U.S. Laws, Regulations, and Policymaking ; International Issues and Resources ; News ; Plagiarism ; Public Domain ; Database Protection ; Ownership ; Policies Online ; Scholarly Publishing Initiatives ; UCITA ; Related Organizations and Agencies.

University of Washington School of Law - Center for Advanced Study and Research on Intellectual Property (CASRIP)
"...an independent research and policy development institute focusing on problems in patent and other property ownership rights in the products of high technology."

University of Washington School of Law - Shidler Center for Law, Commerce & Technology

Washington College of Law - Faculty Publications

Willamette Law Online

  • Intellectual Property
    "Each week Willamette Law Online will electronically publish a brief holding and the key words from cases involving: Copyright, Patent, Trademark, and Trade Secret law."

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

  • Intellectual Property Digital Library

  • "...provides access to various intellectual property data collections currently hosted by the World Intellectual Property Organization. These collections include Madrid, PCT and JOPAL (non-patent reference) data and support fully searchable information retrieval and display by users on demand. Access to the Digital Library is available to the general public free-of-charge. The services are operational and are updated on a daily, weekly and monthly basis respectively."
  • WIPO Guide to Intellectual Property Worldwide

  • "The profiles include basic legislation, membership of international treaties, administrative structures, governmental and non-governmental bodies for information and enforcement, educational institutions and industrial property statistics; useful contact addresses are provided for readers needing further information."

Yale Law School - LawMeme
"...a law and technology organization focuses on the mutual influence of technological development and legal doctrine, with a particular focus on civil rights online, intellectual property, and the first amendment."

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