Intellectual Property
Copyrights, Trademarks, Patents, and Trade Secrets


Copyrights

AGU v. Texaco - 1995 US Court decision regarding the photocopying of journal articles
AIPLA - American Intellectual Property Law Assoc.; patent guide, reports, etc.
Alschuler Grossman Stein & Kahan - Points of the 1998 DMC Act
ALCS - Authors' Licensing and Collecting Soc., London; protects and promotes rights 
Anarchy Homepage - Argues that the concept of intellectual property is flawed; links
Art Law Center - Overview of its services; art professionals; history
Articles About E-Law - Timothy Walton; intellectual property issues for Webmasters
ASCAP - Amer. Soc. of Composers, Authors, and Publishers
Authors Registry
- Assists with copyright protection and facilitates payment of royalties

Basic Copyright Concepts for Writers - Writers Write, Internet Writing Journal
Berne Convention - 1971; full-text search
BitLaw - Trademark, copyright, patent law, the computer industry, and the Internet
Brown, Pinnisi, & Michaels - Information and examples of patents

Computergram International - Child Online Protection Act - Signed into law in 1998
Copyright Act - Part concerning ownership, transfer, infringement, digital, etc.
Copyright Act - Chapter C-42?
Copyright Act 1968 (Australian)
Copyright and Intellectual Property - Robert Oakley and Kenneth Crews; overviews
Copyright and Intellectual Property - Articles and links; general and Internet issues
Copyright FAQ
- Terry Carroll; FAQ on copyright, intellectual property, and the Internet
Copyright for Net Photos
- Law school paper
Copyright in Electronic Publishing
- Att William Strong; Internet copyright issues 
Copyright Law in Cyberspace
- Workshop: university liability, online copyright issues
Copyrightlaws.com
- Focus on digital media; Copyright & New Media Law Newsletter
Cognizance of Copyrights and Wrongs - D Goehner; examines moral underpinnings
Copyright and Fair Use
- Legal and illegal use of copyrighted materials; overview of laws
Copyright Basics - ABA; summaries highlight duration, processes, protective reach
Copyright Clearance Center
- Licensing systems to help artists; news
Copyright Issues Online
- Australian; principles of US law
Copyright Management Center
- Copyright policy, standards, fair use
Copyright Myths
- Myths and misconceptions
Copyright Resources
- Agency assists the establishment & maintenance of  protections
Copyright Symbols
- LookSmart Live!; the copyright symbol; links
Copyright Website
- Benedict O'Mahoney; practical site; examples, links 

Declan McCullagh Publications Archive - Wired contributor; Internet issues
Digital Future Coalition - NII Copyright Protection Act effects
Digital Millennium Copyright Act - A primer on the law regarding Internet use
Domain Name Policy Info Page - Commentary on policies and case law;  links
Domain Names Rights Coalition
- News and commentary
Do Your Copy Right by Copyrighting It - Marketing News; a primer to copyright law

Economy of Ideas - John Perry Barlow; patents, copyrights, and the Internet
Electronic Frontier Fdn - FAQs, articles, news, and commentary
European Copyright User Platform - Legal cases, texts, reports, papers, and links
Expiration Table
- The date of a work versus its copyright protection

Federal Regulations - Title 37 Code of Fed Regulations: registration of claims to copyright
Feds in a Web World - Searchers; debate about protecting gov. databases
FindLaw: Copyright - Copyright laws, regulations, organizations, and publications 
Firstuse.com - Links; tutorial courses
Forgery Finder - Handwriting id, obliterations, ink id, graffiti and anonymous letters
Franklin Pierce Law Center - Overview of US patent, trademark, and copyright law
Franklin Pierce Law Center
- "The Practice and Legal Fundamentals"; tutorial
Free Music Philosophy
- Argument that music should be free of copyright restrictions

GATT-URAA - GATT's Uruguay Round Agreements Act and its effects on intl. copyrights
Guide to Copyrights - Wells, St. John, Roberts, Gregory & Matkin P.S. 

Inc. - If You Ask Me - Inc.; innovation required to update traditional legal action
Indispensable Web site for Lawyers - Bascal; articles, news, links
Information Law Web - Subin, Rosenbluth, Losey, et al. 
Information Outlook - Safe Harbors - How the DMC Act protects libraries from liability
Intellect Property and Technical Law Rev. - U of Pittsburgh; Law journal past articles
Intellectual Property - UC-Berkeley; overview of sessions; links 
Intellectual Property - Articles on patents, GATT, trademarks, and domain names
Intellectual Property and Technical Forum - BCLS; law publication 
Intellectual Property for Multimedia & Web Developers - Tutorial 
Intellectual Property Mall - Links
Intellectual Property and Technical Forum - BCLS; Legal pub.; articles, news, discussion
Intellectual Property Center
- Law Journal Extra 
Intellectual Property in Cyberspace - From a Harvard LS course
Intellectual Property Issues - Articles, reports, links 
Intellectual Property Group - FAQ on copyrights, trademarks, patents, and related
Intellectual Property Law - Juris Diction
- Links and information
Intellectual Property Law Primer - Learn the basics of copyright and patent law
Intellectual Property Law Server - News, articles, links, surveys, and forums
Intellectual Property Library
- House of Reps Internet law library which offers links 
Intellectual Property Owners Association - Coalition addresses issues
Intellectual Property Policy Online - "A Young Person's Guide"
Intellectual Property Resources - Bibliography 
Intellectual Property Updates - Gray, Cary, Ware & Freidenrich; archived articles 
Intelligent Agent - 1996 article; links
Interstellar Starship v. Epix - A US court trademark decision; issue: use of domain name
Institute for Information Law - European research facility; publications and links
Int'l Assoc. for the Protection of Industrial Property
- Pubs, events, proceedings, etc.
International Intellectual Property Alliance - watch-dog org.; news, discourse, etc.
International Trademark Association
- Nonprofit org; public policy matters (trademarks)
Internet Bill of Rights - Internet Mag.; campaign to shape legislation
IP Outline - UC Davis; patent, copyright, trademark, and trade secret issues

KuesterLaw Resource - Links to gov. agencies, statutes, case law, orgs., journals

La State Bar - Nutshell primer; links
Lawgirl's Copyright Basics - Answers questions, lists procedures, and defines terms
Law Journal Extra - Copyright - News, legislative highlights, and resource links
Law Lounge - Guides summarize issues; links
Learning to Lay Down the Net Law - Internet World article; surge in specialty
Legal Information Institute - Overview; links
LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae LLP - A collection of articles by the law firm's attorneys
Legal Issues Relating to Web Sites
- Canadian law in respect to Web site development
LegalName.com - US and European registration; name or mark search
Library Materials Guidelines - Proposed copyright guidelines 
Linking Copyright to Homepages - Matt Jackson; issues on hyper linking
Lotus v. Borland
- US court interface decision: company failed to win sole rights 

Management of Internet Addresses - Nat. Telecom and Info Admin; domain names 
Managing the Digital Enterprise
- NC State U; outlines the quagmire of the digital age
Megalaw.com - Federal law texts, court decisions, and documents; links, search
Michael Geist Web Lecture - Explains topics; links; additional subjects
MSN Encarta - Defines the topic; links
Multimedia Copyright Guide - Overview of copyright for multimedia
MyCounsel.com - Explains intellectual property laws
Myths About Intellectual Property - Alleged falsehoods and arguments to get rid of them

NC State - U Course on patents and copyright 
No Electronic Theft Act - (NET) 1997 law made copyright violations a criminal offense
Nolo Press - Overview of the major topics of copyright law; legal dictionary; books

Office.com - Protect innovations; check patent databases; copyright services and forms

Papers on Copyright Law - Prof. Jessica Litman on copyright law, esp. Internet
Paris Convention - 1967; includes trademark rights
PATEX - Tech exchange; purchase patent and technology intellectual property rights
Politics of Intellectual Property - Prof. James Boyle; environmental movement
Princeton v. MDU - 1996 decision: reproduction of CR materials for coursepacks 
Put Your Work under Lock and Key
- Macworld, July 2000 column; links

redPatent - Guide; aims to help entrepreneurs 

Salon - Copyright or Wrong? - Repercussions: 1998 DMC Act for Web authors
Software Industry Issues
- Articles on issues such as trademarks, patents, licenses

Technology Transfer Addresses - Links to gov/unv/corp stakeholders in tech transfers
Ten Big Copyright Myths - (Plus 1) Includes a section on copyright and hyperlinks
Trademarks and Domain Names - Prof. Milton Mueller; applied to Web addresses

Union for the Public Domain - Protects and enhances the public domain
UTS-OGC - U of Texas; comprehensive intellectual property resource
UTS-OGC Presentations - U of Texas; scholarly publications and coursepack issues
UK - The Copyright Licensing Agency - British copyright laws and services; topics list
US Copyright Office - Publications, registration, forms, searching
United States Code, Title 17 - The bases of US copyright law 

Venable - Articles, links, news, and self help
Ventius
- News, learning center, and links; search for trademarks and domain names

Washington Post v. Total News - The Post accused Total News on trademark issue
Wayne St LS Class Resources - Links, bibliographies, overviews, and industry news
Web Design and the Law - Article by Timothy Walton
Web Site Development Agreements
- Raysman/Brown; Web developers and clients 
Web Site Development Agreements
- Reduce legal risks from site design, content, etc.
When Your Site Is Ridiculed - Internet World article; grounds for legal action?
White Paper - "Intellectual Property and the Nat. Info. Infrastructure"; Federal report
Whose Site Is It Anyway?
- Jeffrey Rose; insights on Web site ownership issues 
Wired - The Economy of Ideas - Editorial on inadequacies of laws re: digital property
Work-Group Computing
- Describes gov. effort to fight crime on the Internet 
World Intellectual Property Rights - WIPO helps protect world intellectual property rights



Patents and Trademarks

ABA Patent Overview - Overview of the process of applying for and obtaining a patent 
All About Trademarks
- Trademark overview; links

Chemical Week - New Patents Chief
- Article: appointment of Todd Dickinson (USPTO)
CorporateIntelligence.com
- News on patents and trademarks.

Derwent
- Current patent news stories; archived articles; search
Discussion of the US Patent Process
- App. process, costs, guide; patent searches

eHow - Enforce a Patent
- Tips on monitoring and enforcing patents; related links 

Gallery of Obscure Patents
- Patents ranging form the useless to the bizarre 
General Information - Patents - Patent laws, conditions, FAQs, attorneys, licenses, etc.

Handbook for Inventors
- FAQs about the invention process 

Intellectual Property Group
- FAQ on copyrights, trademarks, patents, and related
Int'l Trademark Association - Nonprofit; trademark owners and pros, public policy 
InventNET Inventors Network - Patent forms, attorneys, processes, newsletter, DB 

Law Journal Extra - Patents
- News, legislation, links, memoranda 
Legal Information Institute - Patent Law - Overview and links 
Legal Information Institute - Trademarks
- Overview and links 
Licensing and Patenting - LookSmart; how to license, patent, and start promoting tips 
LSU Libraries - Patents and Trademarks
- Organizations, libraries, journals, etc.

MarkLaw - Trademark Questions
- Rights of trademark owners, symbols, differences 
MicroPatent - Patent and trademark info for Europe, the US, and Japan; etc.
MSN Encarta - Patent
- Protections extended by patents; procurement processes 
MSN Encarta - Trademark
- Legal terminology and logistics 
MyCounsel.com - Patent Law
- What a patent is, rights of owners, types, apply, links 
MyCounsel.com - Trademark Law
- What a trademark is, market value, links 

NAPP
- Natl. Assoc. of Patent Practitioners, nonprofit, supports patent-related professions

Office.com - Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks
- Guide to protecting IP; trade secrets 

Patent Cooperation Treaty
- 1970; protects invention ideas and property 
Patent Cooperation Treaty Office - Customer services such as fees, forms, and tutorials 
Patent Law Links - Comprehensive directory 
Patent Law Materials - Patent Act; patentability, grants of patents, protection, rights 
Patent Law Web Server - Patents, trademarks, copyrights, and Internet law 
Patent Offices Worldwide
- Patent offices on the Web from around the world
 
Patent Questions - Patent and Trademark Office 
Patent Translation and Consulting - Company provides patents and translation services 
Patent Wizard
- Software program aids drafting provisional patent application 
Patents,Trademarks and Copyrights
- Resources, patent search engine 
patents.com
-Patent law, links to intellectual property resources; Oppedahl and Larson 
PATEX
- Technology exchange marketplace; purchase patent and technology rights 
PTDLP - Patent and Trademark Depository Library Program; search, read, info, FAQs 

Source Translation and Optimization Patent
- Econ, legal analysis, stats, rulings, tools 
STB - Patent and Other Intellectual Property Info.
- British guide to IP law resources 

TEAS
- Trademark Electronic Application System; forms 
Trademark Acceptable Identification
- Search the trademark database 

Trademark Act - 1946 Lanham Act; registration, duration, renewal, infringement 
Trademark Application Forms - Application forms from PDF files 
Trademark Information - Searchable trademark database, FAQs, rulings, news 
Trademark Info and Registration - Trademark search, registration and information

U.S. Business Advisor
- Links to regulations and legal databases 
United States Code, Title 15
- The bases of US trademark law 
United States Code, Title 35
- The bases of US patent law 
US Patent and Trademark Office - US patent database; intl treaties, statutes, news
USPTO - Patents - US Patent and Trademark Office; info, applications procedures, DB 
USPTO - Trademarks
- US Patent and Trademark Office; registering, database 
USPTO Web Patent Databases
- Info on full-text, bibliographies, and AIDS patents 

Patent and Trademark Search

Buypatents.com - Patent brokerage firm; view patents for sale 
Chemical Patents Plus
- View new patents on Tues.
Corporate Intelligence
- Search 9 topic areas 
Delphion Intellectual Property Network
- Search for and view patent documents; FAQs 
LegalName.com
- Search to see if a name or mark is available 
My Corporation.com
- Trademark search tool 
Patent Searching Tutorial
- U. of Texas; locate electronic resources 
QPAT
- Subscription; patent search services, registration details, pricing guide 
Rice University - Depository
- Full-text patents from 1960; search a patent database 
STO Internet Patent Search System - Source Translation and Optimization; intl. 
Trademark Center
- Assistance registering; read trademark basics or do a search 
Trademark Search Service
- Search for registered or pending trademarks 
Trademark.com
- Search: new trade marks, product names, slogans
Trademark Systems - Search and registration services; overview of the process
U.S. Patent Boolean Search Page
- Two-term Boolean search of the U.S. Patent Database 


Trade Secrets

Basics of Trade Secrets Law - Stites & Harbison 
Economic Espionage Act of 1996
- The legal boundaries of trade secret protection 
FreeAdvice.com - Trade Secrets - Over a hundred topics 
International Aspects of Trade Secrets Law - Essay discusses the lack of laws 
Mycounsel.com - Defined, tips, selling 
NewslettersOnline.com - Search for documents; fee if purchased 
Smartagreements.com Business Topics
- Primer on trade secret law, defns., links 
Some Economics of Trade Secret Law
- Study of trade secrets law 
Trade Secrets: A Practitioner's Guide - Summary of book 
Trade Secrets Definition - Benefits of trade secret protection 
Trade Secrets Homepage
- R. Mark Halligan, news about trade secret law 
Web Site and Software as Trade Secrets - David Himelstein 
What Are Trade Secrets?
- Glenn Spencer Bacal 


Publications

Intellectual Property Law Review - Marquette Law School 
Intellectual Property Magazine
  
Intellectual Property Today
  
J. of Intellectual Property Law
- U of Georgia 
Texas Intellectual Property Law J.
- U of Texas

 

 

Web site constructed by Tom Barnett for the Society for Technical Communication.
Launched on January 1, 2001 (01/01/01).