Useful Intellectual Property Links
This page provides links to useful sites for accessing, researching, and learning about patents and Intellectual Property Law (Please read our disclaimer).  Please note that each of the links listed below will be opened in a new browser window.

• U.S. Patents - Search all issued US patents at the USPTO web site
• US Copyright Office
• US Trademarks - Trademark applications and registrations retrieval service
• USPTO Official Gazette Notices
• MPEP - Manual of Patent Examining Procedure for prosecution of US patents
• Library of Congress
• Library of Congress Copyright Page
• Center for Law Information & Policy - Locator for Federal Courts, Agencies and other Federal Web sites
• Intellectual Property Law
• Intellectual Property Owners Association
• World Intellectual Property Organization - Text of treaties administered by WIPO

• PatentAuction.com - on-line resource for buying, selling or licensing intellectual property
• ThoughtStore - online directory of licensable patents and tools for inventors and manufacturers

• United States: Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

• European: Patent Office (EPO)

• Australia: Patent Office
• Austria: Patent Office
• Belgium: Patent Office
• Denmark: Patent Office
• Finland: National Board of Patents and Registration
• France: Institut National de la Propriété Industrielle
• Germany: Patent and Trademark Office / Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt
• Greece: Industrial Property Organisation
• Ireland: Patents Office
• Italy: Patent and Trademark Office
• Luxembourg: Service de la Propriété Intellectuelle
• Monaco: Direction de l'Expansion Économique - Division de la Propriété Intellectuelle
• Spain: Patent Office / Oficina Española de Patentes y Marcas
• The Netherlands: Bureau voor de Industriële Eigendom
• Portugal: Patent Office
• Sweden: Patent and Registration Office
• Switzerland: Federal Institut of Intellectual Property
• United Kingdom: Patent Office

Legal Resources on the Internet

• CAFC - Calendar and other information
• CAFC - CAFC cases
• Code of Federal Regulations at GPO Access
• Cornell Law
• Cyberspace Law Center
• E-Commerce Times
• Fastsearch for Law
• Findlaw
• Federal Register at GPO Access
• District Courts at Findlaw - Local court rules
• Federal and State Court Rules
• Journal of Internet Banking and Commerce
• IP Law and Business News
• Lower Federal Courts Decisions at Findlaw
• Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Locator - Names and addresses of attorneys
• Network Solutions, Inc.
• Office of the Solicitor General
• State Bar Associations
• Trade Secret Law - Uniform Trade Secrets Act
• State Law
• Municipal Codes in the United States
• US Code at Cornell
• World Intellectual Property Organization; Internet Domain Name Recommendations