IP

Intellectual Property - Related Links

US Government

Administrative Agencies

• Patent and Trademark Office - http://www.uspto.gov/
• Copyright Office/Library of Congress - http://www.loc.gov/copyright/
• National Technical Information Service - http://www.ntis.gov/
• National Bureau of Standards - http://www.nist.gov/

Enforcement Agencies

• International Trade Commission - http://www.usitc.gov/
• Department of Justice Antitrust Division - http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/
• Federal Trade Commission - http://www.ftc.gov/

Judiciary

• Supreme Court - http://www.supremecourtus.gov
• Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit - http://www.cafc.uscourts.gov/
• Court of Federal Claims - http://www.uscfc.uscourts.gov/

Laws, Rules and Procedures

• Patent Laws - http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/35/pI.html
• PTO Rules/Regulations for Patents - http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/dapp/
• Manual of Patent Examining Procedure - http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/index.html
• Trademark Law - http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/15/ch22.html
• PTO Rules/Regulations for Trademarks - http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/tac/tmlaw2.html
• Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure - http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/tac/tmep
• Copyright Law - http://www.loc.gov/copyright/title17
• Rules/Regulations for Copyrights - http://www.loc.gov/copyright/title37
• Federal Register - http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html

Recent Legislation

• Bills, Public Laws, Committee Reports, Congressional Record - http://thomas.loc.gov/

Foreign Governments

• European Commission - http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/index_en.htm
• Japan Patent Office - http://www.jpo.go.jp/
• Patent Offices on the Internet - http://www.tip.net.au/~arhen/

International Agencies

• World Intellectual Property Association - http://www.wipo.int/
• World Trade Organization - http://www.wto.org/

Domain Name Registers

• Link to GTLDs - http://www.iana.org/domains/

Domain Name Dispute Resolution Services

• ICANN - http://www.icann.org/dndr/udrp/
• WIPO - http://arbiter.wipo.int/domains/index.html
• Nominet.UK - http://www.nic.uk/disputes/

Domain Name Search Engines

• ALLWHOIS - http://www.allwhois.com/
• IANA - http://www.iana.org/cctld/cctld-whois.htm
• Network Solutions - http://www.networksolutions.com/en_US/whois/index.jhtml
• Uwhois.com - http://www.uwhois.com/

Intellectual Property Organizations

• American Bar Association Intellectual Property Law Section - http://www.abanet.org/intelprop/home.html
• American Intellectual Property Law Association - http://www.aipla.org
• Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle - http://www.aippi.org/
• Association of University Technology Managers - http://www.autm.net/index_ie.html
• Copyright Society of the USA - http://www.csusa.org/
• DC Bar Intellectual Property Law Section - http://www.dcbar.org/for_lawyers/sections/intellectual_property_law/index.cfm
• Federal Circuit Bar Association - http://www.fedcirbar.org/
• Fédération Internationale des Conseils en Propriété Industrielle - http://www.ficpi.org/
• Intellectual Property Owners Association - http://www.ipo.org/
• International Intellectual Property Alliance - http://www.iipa.com/
• International Trademark Association - http://www.inta.org/index.html
• Licensing Executives Society - http://www.usa-canada.les.org/lesi/
• Pierce Law Center - http://www.ipmall.fplc.edu/
• Software Patent Institute - http://www.spi.org/

Obtaining No-Cost Patent and Trademark Records

• US PTO Database (Patents) - http://patft.uspto.gov/netahtml/srchnum.htm
• US PTO Database (Trademarks) - http://www.uspto.gov/main/trademarks.htm
• European Patent Office Database - http://ep.espacenet.com/
• Japan Patent Office Database - http://www.jpo.go.jp/

Miscellaneous

• HierosGamos - http://www.hg.org/intell.html
• Yahoo IP Index - http://d2.dir.dcn.yahoo.com/government/law/intellectual_property/

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