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Intellectual Property

This category is for information on all types of Intellectual Property, especially as viewed from the perspective of librarians, educators, and the public. International and US resources on trademarks, trade secrets, patents, copyrights, and new internet intellectual property laws.

Sites in Intellectual Property

Stanford Copyright & Fair Use
Information and study aids concerning copyright law. Searchable by keyword. Provided by Stanford University Libraries.
Intellectual Property Mall
Links to a unique collection of intellectual property resources provided by the Franklin Pierce Law Center and others. Comprehensive. It is intended to offer "one stop shopping" for intellectual property professionals in academia, business and science, as well as for inventors and entrepreneurs.
When Works Pass into the Public Domain
A chart prepared by University of North Carolina law library director Laura Gasaway to help in making the determination whether a work remains copyright-protected in the US.
Copyright Resources Online
Includes annotated lists of university and non-university resources, primarily for the US and Canada.
The UT System Crash Course in Copyright
Comprehensive coverage of copyright compliance decision-making, including estimating fair use, determining who possesses copyright of a work, copyright and digitization, library exemptions, the UT-System Rules of Thumb for electronic reserves, and online materials from UT System copyright presentations.
Copyright Resources on the Internet
An annotated meta-index of copyright sites for educators and generalists alike. From the Groton (CT) Public School District.
Patent Cafe
Internet vertical portal for intellectual property directories, information, advice and community networking.
All about Trademarks
Large list of links to publications about trademarks, including links for lawyers. Information on state, federal, international, and internet marks, FAQs about copyrights.
BPubs:Intellectual Property
A business publication with recent articles on trademarks, copyrights, technology protection, trade secrets and patents.
Electronic Freedom Forum Intellectual Property Archive
An archive of papers on Intellectual Property, including some of the main legal documents and the criticisms of them. Annotated, with contributions by many notable authors, including Pamela Samuelson, and Arthur Levine.
Consumer Project on Technology
More than half the listings treat intellectual property. Topics include patents, access to patented drugs, links to summaries and position papers, resources for intellectual property law (domestic and international), and select internet resources.
ARL:Copyright and Intellectual Property?
Documents and links from the Association of Research Libraries. Read about recent Federal laws regarding copyrights and trademarks.
Legal Information Institute
Cited as 'the most linked to web resource in the field of law' and as the best starting place. Resource for law, including full-text Constitutional, U. S. Code, court opinions, and summaries. Searchable, with overviews provided for specific areas of intellectual property law.
Patent and Trademark Resources and Services, City of Sunnyvale
Recommended by Nolo.com as a comprehensive, low-cost solution to patent and trademark searches. All US patents, and 'comprehensive availability of worldwide patent documents'. Includes how to search, and links to USPTO. Searchable online, or engage a librarian.
Library Juice Copyright Issue
Sept. 13 2000 issue, articles on copyright. Good access via abstracts, hyperlinked to papers. Some are academic, some are practical "how to". Not exhaustive, but a good collection on a wide variety of copyright issues.
Nolo
Online legal encyclopedia, research guide, and dictionary, from the publisher of a broad line of self-help legal books and software.
CCH Australia: Intellectial Property
Provides copyright and legal resources on Australian copyright law.
Yahoo! News, Intellectual Property
Yahoo!'s links to current articles on Intellectual Property, updated very frequently. This is a business category, and the links to related web-pages reflect that angle. Not a wide selection, but a good place to find breaking news.
Libraries in Today's Digital Age: The Copyright Controversy
Article on how libraries are facing new challenges relating to copyright in the new digital age.
Liblicense: Licensing Digital Information
a listserv, with searchable archive, at Yale University. Most important is the free downloadable software that can be used to help draft library licenses and contracts.
Center for Intellectual Property and Copyright in the Digital Environment
Provides resources and workshops for the higher education community on IP and copyright in the digital environment, emphasis on law, and policy relating to distance education.
Intellectual Property in Cyberspace -- Library Catalogue
Harvard Law's online library of materials pertaining to intellectual property, divided into topics. Bibliographies for online and offline papers. Topics include domain names, linking, framing, and metatags.
Copyright Considerations
University of Iowa site on copyright, fair use, public domain, and copyright impact on a variety of campus services.
Copyright and Intellectual Property
Links to major resources in the area of copyright and intellectual property, provided by the American Library Association.
U.S. Copyright Office, Rulemaking on Exemptions from Prohibition on Circumvention ...
Library exemptions from the DMCA copyright "anticircumvention" provisions, the ruling by the Librarian of Congress and the Register of Copyrights (October 28 2000).
World Intellectual Property Organization
WIPO is responsible for the promotion of the protection of intellectual property throughout the world through cooperation among States, and for the administration of various multilateral treaties dealing with the legal and administrative aspects of intellectual property.

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