Intellectual Property Law

Copyright

• Agencies / Organizations
  • U.S. Copyright Office
    Learn copyright basics & how to register a work. Search copyright records.
    
  • Copyright Clearance Center
    Get permission to reproduce copyrighted content.
    • Copyright Renewal Database
      Records for books published between 1923 and 1963.
• Copyright (Cornell Legal Information Institute)
  Commentary with links to federal statutes, regulations & opinions.
• Copyright & Fair Use (Stanford University Libraries)
  Overview of fair use, public domain and getting copyright permissions.  Includes caselaw, legislation, and regulations.
• Determining Copyright
  • Copyright Decision Map (University of Minnesota)
    
• Copyright FAQs (Lawyers.com)
  Learn the basic facts & answers to common questions about copyright.
• Forms
  • Copyright Forms (U.S. Copyright Office)

The Law (Additional statutes, regulations & opinions may apply to your specific situation.)

• Copyright Law of the United States
• U.S. Code:  Title 17 "Copyrights"
• U.S. Code:  18 USC 2319 "Criminal Infringement of Copyright"
• CFR: 37 CFR pt. 200 to pt. 299 "Copyrights"
• Copyright Office Rulemaking

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Intellectual Property

• Agencies / Organizations
  • American Intellectual Property Law Association
    • How to Protect and Benefit from Your Ideas
  • Computer Crime & Intellectual Property Section (U.S. Dept. of Justice)
    • How to Report Intellectual Property Crime
  • Intellectual Property Owners Association
    
  • World Intellectual Property Organization
    
• BitLaw
  Contains over 1,800 pages of information on patent, copyright, trademark & Internet law.
• Chilling Effects Clearinghouse
• Collection of Laws for Electronic Access (World Intellectual Property Organization)
• Directories
  • Intellectual Property Databases (LLRX article, 2002)
    Includes links to specialized U.S. & international patent databases, records from the European Patent Office & records from six other countries, and trademark databases from 20 state
• Primer on Intellectual Property (Foley & Lardner, 2002)
  Discussion of trademark, copyright, patents, trade secrets, and the licensing of intellectual property rights.
• Trade Secrets
  • Trade Secrets (Nolo.com)
    Learn about nondisclosure & noncompete agreements. Includes FAQs on what is a trade secret, how businesses can protect trade secrets, rights of the owner, enforcement of rights, etc.
  • Trade Secrets Case Law Database, 1994-
  • WI Statutes: s. 134.90 "Uniform Trade Secrets Act"
  • WI Statutes: s. 943.205 "Theft of Trade Secrets"
  • U.S. Code: 18 USC ch. 90 "Protection of Trade Secrets"
• Who's Suing Whom: Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Edition

Patents & Trademarks

• Agencies
  • International Trademark Association
  • U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
    Search pending/issues patents and trademarks.
• Forms
  • Patent & Trademark Office Forms
  • WI Trade Names & Trademarks Forms/Applications (WI Sec. of State)
• Patents
  • Directories
    • Patent Databases (LLRX, 2002)
    • Patents (Stanford University Libraries)
      Access U.S., foreign, and subject-based patent databases.
  • FreePatentsOnline.com
  • Google Patent Search
    Keyword search U.S. patents issued since 1790.
  • Model Patent Jury Instructions (AIPLA)
  • Patent (Cornell Legal Information Institute)
    Commentary with links to U.S. Constitution, federal statutes, regulations & opinions
  • Patents (Nolo.com)
    Learn about getting & using a patent.
• Trademarks
  • Basic Facts About Trademarks (U.S. Patent & Trademark Office)
  • Directories
    • Trademark Databases (LLRX, 2002)
      Includes state trademark databases.
  • Trademark (Cornell Legal Information Institute)
    Commentary with links to federal statutes, regulations & opinions.
  • Trademarks (Nolo.com)
    Learn how to obtain trademark protection, enforce your rights, avoid infringement, and how trademarks differ from patents & copyright.

The Law (Additional statutes, regulations & opinions may apply to your specific situation.)

• WI Statutes: ch. 132 "Trademarks, Badges and Labeled Products"
• U.S. Code: Title 35 "Patents"
• CFR: Title 37 "Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights"

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Last Updated: August 2, 2010 | Up to Top