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UNITED
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IP FIRMS /
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ATTORNEY LISTINGS
IP FIRMS
INVENTOR ORGANISATIONS
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANISATIONS
- American
Intellectual Property Law Association
(AIPLA)
"The AIPLA represents a
wide and diverse spectrum of individuals,
companies and institutions involved
directly or indirectly in the practice of
patent, trademark, copyright and unfair
competition law, as well as other fields
of law affecting intellectual
property".
- Licensing
Executives Society (USA & Canada)
(LES)
"The Licensing
Executives Society (U.S.A. & Canada),
Inc. is a professional society comprised
of over 4,700 members engaged in the
transfer, use, development, manufacture
and marketing of intellectual Property".
- Association
of Patent Law Firms (APLF)
"The Association of
Patent Law Firms (APLF) is a national
association of law firms that devote a
majority of their practice to patent
law".
- National
Association of Patent Practitioners
(NAPP)
"The
National Association of Patent
Practitioners (NAPP) is a non-profit
organization dedicated to supporting
patent practitioners and those working in
the field of patent law in matters
relating to patent law, its practice, and
technological advances".
- Copyright
Society of the USA (CSUSA)
"The Copyright Society
of the U.S.A. is a nonprofit corporation
that was organized in 1953 to foster
interest in and advance the study of
copyright law and the rights in
literature, music, art, the theatre,
motion pictures, and other forms of
intellectual property".
- Intellectual
Property Management Institute
(IPMI)
"The Intellectual
Property Management Institute (IMPI) is a
not-for-profit organization dedicated to
professional development in the field of
intellectual property management".
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| PATENTS |
RESOURCES
Databases
- CLAS
The US Classification Database is hosted
on the Questel-Orbit
Network. This database contains all U.S.
classifications, cross-reference
classifications, and unofficial
classifications for all patents issued
from 1790 to date.($)
- ClassClarify
ClassClarify is an electronic version of the USPTO manual of classification.
- Community
of Science
A comprehensive
bibliographic database containing records
for each of the 2.6 million U.S. patents
issued since 1975.
- Delphion /
IBM Intellectual Property Network
The Delphion Intellectual Property
Network (IPN) provides access to a wide
variety of patent data collections and
related information. Searching, browsing,
and viewing of patents is free. The IPN
also features the IP Pages, a directory
of patent and IP-related resources.
Optional fee-based services include
document delivery, licensing buttons,
data mining and analysis tools and value
added content from leading industry
providers. The IPN is e-commerce enabled
to allow immediate electronic delivery of
many services.
This service provides coverage of
(a) US Patent text from
5 January 1971 to present.
(b) US Patent images
from 01 January 1974 to present.
- GetthePatent.com
GetthePatent.com
delivers complete multi-page USPTO patent
documents direct to your desktop. Receive
the entire patent immediately in your web
browser. Or, if you prefer, have the
entire patent delivered to you via email.($)
"Features include: *
Multi-page files. Patents are delivered
as a single file that contains all of the
patent pages. No more struggling with one
page at a time downloads and one page at
a time printing. *
Smaller files for faster downloads.
Patent files are delivered in the
hyper-compressed CPC file format. CPC
files are significantly smaller than the
standard TIFF or PDF files used by other
patent services. Smaller files mean
faster downloads and less time twiddling
your thumbs. * Free
advanced viewing software. CPC files are
displayed directly in your web browser by
the free CPC Lite viewing software. CPC
Lite supports sophisticated,
best-of-breed features such as document
navigation, progressive image display,
scaling, rotation, anti-aliased images in
both a page view and thumbnail view, and
much more."
- IFI Claims®
Patent Database
The collection of
databases known as IFI Claims®
represents
the most reliable, text-searchable, and
value-added databases of U.S. patents in
the world. The databases provide:
all chemical patents since 1950; all
utility patents since 1963;complete
collection of U.S. patents issued from
1971-74, including 96,000 records that
are missing from the USPTO online
database; and all
design and plant patents since December
1976. IFI Claims®
Patent Databases
are available on Dialog, STN
International and Questel-Orbit.($)
- M-CAM
DOORS™ is
a diagnostic tool that identifies
relevant data for the relevant people who
need to make relevant decisions.
- MicroPatent
MicroPatent provides searching of the full-text
and/or front-page information of their
United States of America, Europe,
PCT(WIPO), and Japanese databases.($)
See also OptiPat.
- PAST
The US Patent Status Database is hosted
on the Questel-Orbit
Network. This database contains all
coverage of 20 plus types of post-issue
actions affecting U.S. patents. Includes
actions since 1973..($)
- PatentMiner
PatentMiner provides database searching
of U.S. patents. The database contains
full-text of U.S patent data from 1974
onwards. Bibliographic citations,
Abstracts, and Claims are also available
from 1971 to 1974. ($)
- QPAT
A web service provide by Questel-Orbit,
provides to subscribers, full text
searching of all U.S. patents issued
since 1974. Free access
(upon a free registration) is available
for searching front page information of
all U.S. patents issued since 1974. ($)
- SurfIP.gov.sg
The SurfIP.gov.sg
is an Intellectual Property site for
integrated and customised searching of
various patent office databases (CA, EP,
SG, TW, UK, US, WO) as well as web
sources for IP information.
This site is a special project by the
Intellectual
Property Office of Singapore (IPOS)
in promoting IP information awareness and
usage by harnessing IT power.
- Trade
Secrets Office
The Trade Secrets Office
provides a mechanism to establish the
existence of trade secrets similar to
that of the Patent & Trademark Office
(the PTO).
- USPATFULL - The
USPATFULL database is hosted on the STN
Network. This database provides
coverage of granted utility patents,
defensive publications, design patents,
reissue patents, statuatory invention
registrations, and plant patents.
US patents from 1975 to the present, with
partial coverage of selected technologies
from 1971-1974. Defensive publications
are covered from 1976 to the present.($)
Classification
LEGISLATION
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35 USC
35 USC (Patent Law)
hosted on Cornell Law School - Legal Information
Institute website. This
Title was enacted by act July 19, 1952,
CH. 950, SEC. 1, 66 STAT. 792 Part Sec.
I. Patent and Trademark Office 1 II.
Patentability of Inventions and Grant of
Patents 100 III. Patents and Protection
of Patent Rights 251 IV. Patent
Cooperation Treaty 351 and amended
by 1984 - Pub. L. 98-622, title IV, Sec.
403(b), Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3392,
added item IV. Table Showing Disposition
of All Sections of Former Title 35.
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| TRADEMARKS |
RESOURCES
- Brands and Their Companies
This database is hosted on the Dialog
Network. This database provides a global
directory consumer brand names and their
owners or distributors, and corresponds
to the Gale print publications Brands
and Their Companies and International
Brands and Their Companies. ($)
- CDNameSearch
Interactive Trademark Search on CDROM and
Internet with US (USPTO) and Canadian
(CIPO) databases for intellectual
property professionals. ($)
- Compu-Mark
The Trademarkscan® databases, owned by Thomson
& Thomson and Compu-Mark, allow
you to search trademarks from 13 European
countries, the International Register,
the European Community and from the North
American countries - U.S. Federal, U.S.
State, and Canada.($)
- TRADEMARKSCAN - US Federal
This database is hosted on the Dialog
Network. This database is useful as
a preliminary trademark screening tool
for checking on the availability of new
product and service names. ($)
- TRADEMARKSCAN - US State
This database is hosted on the Dialog
Network. This database is useful as
a preliminary trademark screening tool
for checking on the availability of new
product and service names. ($)
- Trademarks Online
Trademark search and registration
services at low fixed fees in the US.
Services available outside the US through
Associates.
- USMARK - US
Federal
This database is hosted on the Questel.Orbit
Network. This database is useful as
a preliminary trademark screening tool
for checking on the availability of new
product and service names. ($)
LEGISLATION
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| DESIGNS |
RESOURCES
LEGISLATION
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35 USC
35 USC (Patent Law)
hosted on Cornell Law School - Legal Information
Institute website. This
Title was enacted by act July 19, 1952,
CH. 950, SEC. 1, 66 STAT. 792 Part Sec.
I. Patent and Trademark Office 1 II.
Patentability of Inventions and Grant of
Patents 100 III. Patents and Protection
of Patent Rights 251 IV. Patent
Cooperation Treaty 351 and amended
by 1984 - Pub. L. 98-622, title IV, Sec.
403(b), Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3392,
added item IV. Table Showing Disposition
of All Sections of Former Title 35.
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| DOMAIN
NAMES |
RESOURCES
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| COPYRIGHT |
RESOURCES
- Copyright
Clearance Center (CCC)
Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), the largest
licenser of photocopy reproduction rights in the world, was
formed in 1978 to facilitate compliance with U.S. copyright
law. CCC provides licensing systems for the reproduction and
distribution of copyrighted materials throughout the world
- Copyright
Office Records
Search copyright information on
Books, Serials and Documents or by the
Library of Congress Information System
(LOCIS) Search system.
LEGISLATION
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| PLANT
BREEDERS RIGHTS |
RESOURCES
LEGISLATION
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Plant
Varieties Protection Act
Plant
Varieties Protection Act (7 U.S.C.
2321-2331, 2351-2357, 2371-2372,
2401-2404, 2421-2427, 2441-2443,
2461-2463; 2481-2486, 2501-2504,
2531-2532, 2541-2545, 2561-2570,
2581-2583) - hosted on the Plant
Varieties Protection Office website.
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| CIRCUIT LAYOUT |
RESOURCES
LEGISLATION
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| COMPANY
& BUSINESS |
RESOURCES
- American
Depository Receipts
This provides information on non-US
companies that trade on the US stock
exchange. Information is supplied by JP
Morgan.
- CompanyFinder
Get company news, stock quotes and Web
site information. Search by company name
or product category for corporate
profiles, product offerings and financial
information.
- Fedworld
Fedworld
allows you to search through US
Government Web sites and Reports.
- Internet
Business Pages
Provides information on subscribing
companies. Includes directories covering
Pittsburg, West Virginia, New York and
nationally across the US.
- Thomas
Register
The Thomas
Register of American Manufacturers
provides a database of American and
Canadian companies. The database can be
searched by Brand name (135,415 records),
product or service (63,669 records) or
company name (156,914 records).
- Thomas
Food Industry Register
The Thomas
Food Industry Register is the most
comprehensive buying guide for food
industry professionals. On this site is
allows searching of more than 30,000 U.S.
and Canadian suppliers of food products,
ingredients, equipment, and supplies
listed under 6,000 product categories.
- Thomas
Regional
Thomas
Regional on the Internet now gives
you access to a searchable database of
more than 500,000 manufacturers,
distributors and service companies
organized under 5,500 product/service
categories in 19 key U.S. industrial
markets. You can search by
product/service or company name in the
region of your choice. You can also
refine your search based on company type
(manufacturer, distributor,
manufacturer's rep and service company),
geographic location (state, city/county,
area code), trade name, key words and
other specifications such as ISO
9000-certified, and minority and
woman-owned businesses.
LEGISLATION
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| TRADE PRACTICES |
RESOURCES
LEGISLATION
- Links
to statutes enforced or administered by
the FTC
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| IP CASE LAW |
- PACER
Service Center
"Public Access to Court
Electronic Records (PACER) is an
electronic public access service that
allows users to obtain case and docket
information from Federal Appellate,
District and Bankruptcy courts, and from
the U.S. Party/Case Index. Currently most
courts are available on the
Internet."
- Verses
Law ($)
Provides access to keyword searchable
U.S. Supreme, Federal Circuits, Federal
District and State Appellate Court
decisions.
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