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All About Trademarks: Information regarding US and international trademark law, and links to trademark, copyright, patent, and related sites.
Author: Guillot, Gregory H.
Subjects: copyright, intellectual property, international law, patents
DeweyClass: 341
Resource type: documents, index
British Library Patents, Trade Marks and Designs Collection: Links to databases of patents, trademarks, and registered designs. Details BL patent holdings and services, provides a guide to the patent process, and answers frequently asked questions about the procedure.
Author: British Library
Subjects: intellectual property, patents
DeweyClass: 608
Resource type: documents, index
CIPR: Commission on Intellectual Property Rights Final Report: Final report from the Commission appointed by the UK government to examine how national IPR regimes could be designed to benefit developing countries within the context of international agreements, how the international framework of rules and agreements might be improved and developed, and the broader policy framework needed to complement intellectual property regimes. Each chapter of the report is offered in HTML, PDF, and Word formats.
Author: UK Commission on Intellectual Property Rights
Subjects: intellectual property
DeweyClass: 346.04
Resource type: document
CLA: Copyright Licensing Agency: The CLA is responsible for looking after the interests of rights owners in copying from books, journals and periodicals. Formed in 1982, it is a non-profit making company limited by guarantee and owned by its members, the Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS) and the Publishers Licensing Society (PLS). Includes material on copyright and the Internet, an examination of UK Copyright Law, and details of the CLA Rapid Licensing Scheme.
Author: Copyright Licensing Agency
Subjects: copyright, intellectual property, uk law
DeweyClass: 346.04
Resource type: documents
Commission on Intellectual Property Rights: The Commission was set up by the British government to look at how intellectual property rights might work better for poorer people and developing countries. The first Commission meeting was in London on the 8th-9th May 2001, and the final report was published on 12th September 2002. Although the Commission disbanded on completion of its report, this website is intended as a means of explaining the work of the Commission and providing access to the final report and supporting documents, all of which can downloaded.
Author: Commission on Intellectual Property Rights
Subjects: intellectual property
DeweyClass: 341
Resource type: service
Copyright and Fair Use: Primary materials including statutes and judicial opinions, current legislation, cases and issues, and an overview of copyright law. Collaboration between Stanford University Libraries, the Council on Library Resources, and FindLaw Internet Legal Resources.
Author: Stanford University Libraries
Subjects: copyright, intellectual property, united states law
DeweyClass: 346.04
Resource type: documents
Digital Dilemma: Intellectual Property in the Information Age: Full text book examining US intellectual property rights in relation to digital technology. Discusses the emergence of the digital dilemma as a result of changing technologies and the importance of digital information, and looks at associated problems in terms of archiving, private and fair use, copyright, and technical protection. Specific opportunities and problems experienced by the music industry are detailed, and general recommendations are made regarding public access, individual behaviour, progress, research, and law and public policy.
Author: National Academy of Sciences
Subjects: digitisation, intellectual property, technology law
DeweyClass: 341
Resource type: non-fiction ebook
FPLC Intellectual Property Mall: Collection of intellectual property resources, aimed at intellectual property professionals in academia, business and science, as well as inventors and entrepreneurs. Provides tools and strategies for intellectual property research, and an index of intellectual property resources available on the Internet.
Author: Franklin Pierce Law Center
Subjects: copyright, intellectual property
DeweyClass: 346.04
Resource type: documents, index
Free Patents Online: Free, searchable database of primarily US patents, browsable by topic. Japanese patents are available as abstracts only. Saving and sharing results or arranging document delivery requires a free account. Analytics and other services require payment.
Author: Free Patents Online
Subjects: intellectual property, patents
DeweyClass: 608
Resource type: directory
Intellectual Property Explained: Government-backed UK Intellectual Property resource providing information on copyright, designs, patents and trade marks.
Author: Crown Copyright
Subjects: copyright, intellectual property, patents
DeweyClass: 341
Resource type: service
Intellectual Property Institute: Aims to promote awareness and understanding of intellectual property law, and its contribution to economic and social welfare through independent research. Membership comprises major corporations, law firms, the Patent Office, individual legal professionals, and students.
Author: IP Institute
Subjects: intellectual property
DeweyClass: 341
Resource type: service
Intellectual Property Office: Official government body responsible for Intellectual Property (IP) rights in the United Kingdom, providing information and advice on the granting of patents, copyright, and the registration of designs and trade marks. Also features news items, updates on IP events and a searchable patent database.
Author: The Patent Office
Subjects: copyright, intellectual property, patents
DeweyClass: 608
Resource type: articles, news
Intellectual Property Rights Helpdesk: Guide to intellectual property issues within the European Union, including information on patents, trade marks, and copyright. Outlines related aspects of EU funded research and development, and also offers country specific information and daily news updates on intellectual property topics from around the world.
Author: CORDIS: Community Research and Development Information Service
Subjects: intellectual property
DeweyClass: 346.048
Resource type: documents, news
Intellectual Property: Who Should Own Scientific Papers?: An article on electronic publishing arguing that the authors of scientific works based on government-supported research should be free to distribute those works as they see fit, via journals, electronic postings, and other new modes that may appear.
Author: Bachrach, Steven et al
Subjects: electronic publishing, intellectual property
DeweyClass: 070.5
Resource type: article
IP Law: Addresses issues in law and policy for high technology.
Author: IP Law Practice Center
Subjects: intellectual property, patents, technology law
DeweyClass: 600
Resource type: magazine
JOLT: Journal of Law and Technology: The Harvard Journal of Law and Technology (JOLT) provides an insight into the legal implications of emerging technologies. JOLT has published articles on varied topics, including biotechnology, computers, international technology transfer, intellectual property, medical technologies, and telecommunications.
Author: Harvard University
Subjects: intellectual property, internet regulation - law, patents, technology law, technology transfer, telecommunications
DeweyClass: 340
Resource type: journal
KuesterLaw: Technology Law Resource: Source of legal information for intellectual property law and technology law. Includes general information and details of cases involving patents, trademarks, copyright and federal bills. Also offers access to legal resources such as associations, commercial services, journals and magazines.
Author: KuesterLaw
Subjects: intellectual property, internet regulation - law, patents, technology law
DeweyClass: 340
Resource type: index
Proprietary Rights in Hypertext Linkages: Article discussing recent claims that unauthorised hypertext linkages infringe the intellectual property rights of the owner of the target material. Argues that there are insufficient grounds for excluding such links on the basis of copyright, trademark or false designation of origin.
Author: Burk, Dan L.
Subjects: intellectual property, internet regulation - law
DeweyClass: 343.0999
Resource type: article
Social Functions of Digital Libraries: Designing Information Resources for Virtual Communities: Conference paper (January 1999) which explores the nature of digital libraries as social institutions, and suggests an agenda for action for librarians and information science. It asserts that the future of libraries will be determined more by intellectual property policy than by technology, as it is not information per se that is valuable, but the modes of access and use of information by individuals and groups that create value; and these in turn are controlled by intellectual property policy.
Author: Lyman, Peter
Subjects: digital library design, information society, intellectual property
DeweyClass: 025.0
Resource type: article
Ten Big Myths About Copyright Explained: An attempt to answer common myths about copyright on the Internet and to cover issues related to copyright and Usenet or Internet publication. Includes a brief introduction to copyright in general.
Author: Templeton, Brad
Subjects: copyright, intellectual property
DeweyClass: 346.04
Resource type: documents
United States Patents and Trademark Office: Through the issue of patents, USPTO encourages technological advancement by providing incentives to invent, invest in, and disclose new technology worldwide. Offers online access to a range of general reference documents, directories, and data collections.
Author: United States Patents and Trademark Office
Subjects: intellectual property, inventions, patents, united states law
DeweyClass: 608
Resource type: reference documents
WATCH: Writers, Artists, and Their Copyright Holders: Database containing primarily, but not exclusively, the names and addresses of copyright holders or contact persons for English-language authors whose papers are housed, in whole or in part, in libraries and archives in North America and the United Kingdom.
Author: Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
Subjects: copyright, intellectual property
DeweyClass: 346.04
Resource type: directory
Who Owns John Sutherland?: Article evaluating the role of publishers in controlling and charging for the use of the material freely contributed by authors. It concludes that the state of science publishing is bad and getting worse, and that subservience is as corrosive in journalism as it is in academic research.
Author: Sutherland, John
Subjects: intellectual property, publishing studies
DeweyClass: 070.5
Resource type: article
WIPO: World Intellectual Property Organization: Information on the organisation, intellectual property, patents, trademarks, Internet domain names and industrial property information.
Author: WIPO
Subjects: copyright, intellectual property, patents
DeweyClass: 346.04
Resource type: documents, index