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Technology, Intellectual Property
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American Intellectual Property Law Association
www.aipla.org
Contains reports, briefs, resources, professional development and educational materials, calendar of events.
Copyright Clearance Center
www.copyright.com
Provides news, guidelines and premium services.
Delphion Intellectual Property Network
www.delphion.com
Provides free access to databases of U.S. and international patent information.
Dialog
www.dialog.com
Products provides online information service from Thomson Scientific offers intellectual property databases of U.S. copyrights; trademarks from 14 countries, European Community, World Intellectual Property Organization; 4 million trademark images; Japanese trademarks in English; more than 15 million patents in 60 countries; U.S. business process patents; Korean patent application abstracts in English.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
www.eff.org
Organization concerned with defending freedom in the digital world. Provides information on legal, technical developments.
Europe's Network of Patent Databases
gb.espacenet.com/espacenet/gb/en/e_net.htm
Can search patent database by keyword(s) to view patent details (dates, inventor, applicant, classification); search patent applications by number to find patent details, abstracts and documents; look up patents by company name. Can search patent databases from United Kingdom, other European countries, European Patent Office, World Intellectual Property Organization and Japan.
FreePatentsOnline
www.freepatentsonline.com
Contains full text of patents issued by the U.S. Patent Office from number 4,000,000 upward. (Most patents before 4,000,000 exist only as images, not as searchable text). Also includes applications from US APP 20010000001 upward and European Patents (B1) EP1200000 upward. Can browse patents by number or keyword; download patents for free. Includes search by chemical compound.
General Services Administration, Office of Technology Strategy
www.estrategy.gov/drilldown.cfm?
action=it_policy_documents
Provides E-Government policy documents; IT legislation resources; publications.
Google Patent Search
www.google.com/ptshp?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&tab=wt&q=
Can search more than 7 million patents issued since 1790s by keyword and view patent abstract, drawings, claims, references, citations. Can download PDF of patents.
Index to Manual of Classification of Patents
www.ibiblio.org/patents/
Lists more than 400 patent classifications in alphabetical order. Can search class / subclass by keywords.
Patent Law Library
www.law.cornell.edu/topics/patent.html
Provides legislation overview and links to related resources.
Patent and Trademark Office
www.uspto.gov
Provides information about patents and trademarks, intellectual property law and policy; full text of the Official Gazette; search engine for gazette; full text of many PTO publications, including forms. Can search for pending and registered trademarks and apply for a trademark online; search Manual of Goods and Services; search full-text patents from 1976- and expired patents. Gives PTO fees. Users can order and download patent application publications; can order certified or uncertified copies of patents, trademarks and assignments online; file and check application status online. Can locate depository libraries by state or area code. Includes patent glossary.
U.S. Copyright Office
www.copyright.gov/records/
Can search databases of copyright registrations and ownership documents, including transfers and name changes. Provides information on how to conduct copyright searches; link to LOCIS (Library of Congress Information System) for advanced copyright searches and use guide to LOCIS. The eCO Search System includes keyword searching and the use of a single database containing records for monographs, serials and recorded documents. Also provides legislation, downloadable forms, licensing information.
World Intellectual Property Organization
www.wipo.int/about-wipo/en/what_is_wipo.html
Includes news, calendar of events and resources.
World Intellectual Property Association Collection of Laws for Electronic Access (CLEA)
www.wipo.int/portal/index.html.en
Online database of multilateral treaties and international intellectual property laws.
Yale University Science Libraries
www.library.yale.edu/science/help/patent.html
Finding Patents and Standards links to U.S. and international patent search tools and databases.
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