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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
Current Drugs Ltd: Established in 1989 under its former name Current Patents Ltd, the company soon expanded from producing innovative patent alerting and evaluating products for RandD departments, to developing a complete competitor intelligence service, the Investigational Drugs database (IDdb), as the single solution for corporate-wide competitor intelligence.
Author: Current Drugs
Subjects: patents, pharmacology
DeweyClass: 608
Resource type: productinfo
Derwent Scientific and Patent Information: Patent and scientific information including information on Derwent products and services. Available in German, Spanish, French, and Italian.
Author: Derwent Information
Subjects: patents
DeweyClass: 608
Resource type: documents
Espacenet: Provides bibliographic data on patents, an image of the applications' first page, a description of the invention, claims, and a diagram of the product. Searches can be conducted for UK, European, worldwide and Japanese patents, and for patents from other European countries.
Author: Patent Office
Subjects: inventions, patents
DeweyClass: 608
Resource type: productinfo
European Patent Office: The EPO is the outcome of the European countries' collective political determination to establish a uniform patent system in Europe, with a centralised patent grant system administered by the European Patent Office on behalf of all contracting states. Information is in English, French, and German.
Author: European Patent Office
Subjects: european business, patents
DeweyClass: 608
Resource type: documents
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 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
Invention Dimension: American inventors and information related to past and current inventors, with biographical sketches covering their accomplishments and their impact upon society.
Author: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Subjects: inventions, patents, scientists, technology impact
DeweyClass: 608
Resource type: biography, guides
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
LSU Libraries: Patents and Trademarks: Set of links to resources offering patent information including libraries, FAQs, tutorials on trademark searching, databases, patent offices around the world, non government organisations, information about marketing fraud, and a selection of online journals.
Author: Louisiana State University Libraries
Subjects: fraud, patents
DeweyClass: 608
Resource type: index
Patent Cafe: Collection of annotated links to patent and invention resources for engineers, lawyers, manufacturers, and small businesses. Covers patent searching, invention groups, government agencies, international inventors, journals, chat groups, and magazines. Resource is keyword searchable.
Author: Gibbs, Andy
Subjects: inventions, patents
DeweyClass: 608
Resource type: index
Patent Databases on the Internet: Index to patent databases, including American patents, worldwide patents, and subject-based patent databases. Subjects include agricultural biotechnology, AIDS, and chemistry.
Author: Stanford University Libraries
Subjects: inventions, patents
DeweyClass: 608
Resource type: index
Patently Absurd: Weird and Wacky Patents: Hosts a collection of unusual inventions that have been patented in both Britain and internationally, with special attention being given to the prolific British inventor Arthur Paul Pedrick, whose creations include a mechanism to control the spin of a golf ball and a horse-powered car. Also provided is a section dealing with the more serious issues connected to patents.
Author: Jackson, Tim
Subjects: inventions, patents
DeweyClass: 608
Resource type: images, reference data
Patents Attorneys Around the World: An online listing of patent attorneys around the world. Attorneys are arranged by continent, then alphabetically by country, then by name, with contact information.
Author: Piper, James W.
Subjects: patents
DeweyClass: 341.7586
Resource type: directory
Patents.com: Search engine for researching patents from the US and Europe. The database can be browsed by inventor, company and attorney.
Author: Patents.com
Subjects: patents
DeweyClass: 608
Resource type: interactive index
Pretty Strange Patents: Full records of patents registered around the world, displaying recently acquired entries and an archive of many more. Some of the more unusual inventions include a combination toy dog and vacuum cleaner, salad on a stick, headgear for posture correction, and an anti-snoring device.
Author: Simple Network Communications
Subjects: inventions, patents
DeweyClass: 608
Resource type: documents, images
QPAT-US: Database of all US patents since 1974. Full text viewing requires a subscription charge but an abstract database with front page information of all U.S. patents is offered free of charge.
Author: Questel Orbit
Subjects: inventions, patents
DeweyClass: 608
Resource type: productinfo
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
USPTO Patent Full-Text and Full-Page Image Databases: A full text database with information on US patents. Includes an abstract describing each product, inventor's name, date filed, claims and description. Searches may be conducted manually, using Boolean text or by entering a patent number. A bibliographic database of patents is also provided to facilitate searching of front page information, and a list of withdrawn patent numbers is given.
Author: US Patent and Trademark Office
Subjects: inventions, patents
DeweyClass: 608
Resource type: productinfo
Web Based Patent Searching Tutorial: Tutorial on how to select an appropriate patent Web site for research, with specific help on searching the IBM Patent Server via patent number.
Author: University of California San Diego, Science and Engineering Library
Subjects: patents
DeweyClass: 608
Resource type: guide
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