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.
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 scie http://www.ipmall.fplc.edu/
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. http://www.unc.edu/~unclng/public-d.htm
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 http://www.utsystem.edu/OGC/IntellectualProperty/cprtindx.htm
An annotated meta-index of copyright sites for educators and generalists alike. From the Groton (CT) Public School District. http://groton.k12.ct.us/mts/pt2a.htm
Large list of links to publications about trademarks, including links for lawyers. Information on state, federal, international, and internet marks, FAQs about copyrights. http://www.ggmark.com/
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. http://www.eff.org/IP/
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. http://www.cptech.org/
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 int http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/
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. http://libr.org/Juice/issues/vol3/LJ_3.35.sup.html
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. http://news.yahoo.com/fc?tmpl=fc&cid=34&in=business&cat=intellectual_property
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. http://www.library.yale.edu/~llicense/index.shtml
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. http://www.umuc.edu/distance/odell/cip/cip.html
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. http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/property/library/
Library exemptions from the DMCA copyright "anticircumvention" provisions, the ruling by the Librarian of Congress and the Register of Copyrights (October 28 2000). http://www.copyright.gov/1201/anticirc.html
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 in http://www.wipo.int/
