PATENT, TRADEMARK, &

COPYRIGHT SOURCES

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY &       COPYRIGHT

GUIDES

PATENTS

TRADEMARK

Guides

FindLaw: Intellectual Property -
http://www.findlaw.com/01topics/23intellectprop/index.html
 
 

Copyright

The Copyright Website  -  http://www.benedict.com/

Copyright Law Materials  -  http://www.law.cornell.edu:80/topics/copyright.html

FindLaw: Copyright WWW Sites  -
http://www.findlaw.com/01topics/23intellectprop/01copyright/index.html

U. S. Copyright Office - Library of Congress  -  http://lcweb.loc.gov:80/copyright/

Library of Congress - U. S. Copyright Office  -  gopher://marvel.loc.gov:70/11/copyright

Copyright Regulations  -  http://www.law.cornell.edu/copyright/regulations/regs.overview.html

U. S. House of Representatives  -  Internet Law Library - Copyright  - 

 

Patents

U.S. Patents and Trademark Office   - http://www.uspto.gov/
Search Patents  -  http://patents.uspto.gov/
Patent and Trademark Depository Libraries  -  http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ido/ptdl/
List of Patent and Trademark Depository Libraries  - http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ido/ptdl/ptdlib.htm

FindLaw: Patents WWW Sites  -
http://www.findlaw.com/01topics/23intellectprop/02patent/index.html

Patent Law Materials  -  http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/patent.html

The Patents Portal  -  http://www.law.vill.edu/~rgruner/patport.htm

IBM Patents Server (1971-present)  -  http://patent.womplex.ibm.com/

U. S. Patent Classifications (1976-present)  -
http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/dapp/sir/co/examhbk/index.html

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office - The PTO Bulletin -
http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ahrpa/opa/bulletin/index.html

STO's Internet Patent Search System - http://sunsite.unc.edu:80/patents/intropat.html

U. S. & Foreign Patent Illustrations - http://www.rjpatent.com/

 

Trademarks

 
FindLaw:Trademarks WWW Sites  -  http://www.findlaw.com/01topics/23intellectprop/03trademark/index.html

All About Trademarks  -  http://www.ggmark.com/

Trademark Law Materials  -  http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/trademark.html

International Trademark Classes  -  http://www.questel.orbit.com/english/products/index3.htm

Trademark Checker (Sample)  -  http://www.micropat.com/0/trademarkweb.html

  PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, & COPYRIGHT INFORMATION QUESTIONS

1. Go to the U. S. Patent Office homepage and look at the basic facts for filing a trademark What is the difference between the right to register and the right to use?  Who must file for the trademark?  What if you are a foreign citizen?
   
   http://www.uspto.gov
   

2. Use the Index to the  Manual of Classification of to identify the class and subclass number for products with Braille.  What is the class and subclass number?
   
   http://sunsite.unc.edu/patents/intropat.html
   

3. Use the patents search database from the U. S. Patents Office
   
   http://www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html
   
   a. Identify a patent for a Braille Slot Machine.
   
   Inventor
    

   Patent Number

   
   
   b. Find the patent for a space thermostat for sight handicapped by using the " Patent titles retrieval using the class/subclass code"
   Inventor
    

   Patent Number

4. Go to the All About Trademarks page.  What is the importance of the case,  Two Pesos, Inc. v. Taco Cabana, Inc?  What is "trade dress?"
   
   http://www.ggmark.com
   
   What is the citation for the case, name and reporter citation?
   
   What is trade dress?
   
   
5. Is there a patent depository library in Houston.  Look at the list of patent depository libraries from the U.S. Patent Office.  Where is it?
   
   http://www.uspto.gov  
    

6. Go to the Library of Congress and the U. S. Copyright Office.  How long does a copyright  last for a published work created before 1978?
   
   Which Copyright Information Circular addresses copyright regulations and requirements for computer programs? 
   
   How much is the filing fee for copyrighting a program?
   
   http://lcweb.loc.gov:80/copyright/

 

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