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Canadian Patents Database
 
"This database lets you access over 75 years of patent descriptions and images. You can search, retrieve and study more than 1,900,000 patent documents." Image databases go back to 1920, bibliographic descriptions back to 1869, and text of the abstracts and claims back to 1978. From the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO).
http://patents.ic.gc.ca/cipo/cpd/en/introduction.html
Topics: Business & Consumer Law, Intellectual Property, Technology
Last updated Dec 9, 2007
Chilling Effects Clearinghouse
This site features "a searchable database of Cease and Desist notices sent to Internet users" and information about the use of "intellectual property and other laws to silence online users." A joint project of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Harvard, Stanford, UC Berkeley, and University of San Francisco law school clinics.
http://www.chillingeffects.org/
Topics: Intellectual Property, Internet, Social Issues
Last updated Feb 27, 2002
Copyright Policy Branch [Canada]
"The Copyright Policy Branch of the Department of Canadian Heritage, in co-operation with the Intellectual Property Policy Directorate of Industry Canada, is responsible for formulating and implementing an integrated Canadian copyright policy." The site provides an overview of Canadian copyright law, news and information about copyright reform, and links to legislation, court decisions, and related publications. In English and French.
http://www.pch.gc.ca/pc-ch/org/sectr/ac-ca/pda-cpb/index-eng.cfm
Topics: Intellectual Property
Last updated Dec 19, 2008
Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States
Chart, updated yearly, indicating what copyrighted works are in the public domain, or when they will enter the public domain. Author is Director for Instruction and Learning in the Instruction, Research, and Information Services Division of Cornell University Library and serves as the Intellectual Property Officer for the Cornell University Library.
http://www.copyright.cornell.edu/training/Hirtle_Public_Domain.htm
Topics: Intellectual Property
Last updated Sep 9, 2006
File Sharing
This site from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) advocates for legalizing music file-sharing (also known as P2P, for "peer to peer"). Includes "information on compensating artists while making P2P legal." The "Subpoena Defense" section includes a searchable database of subpoenas filed by the Recording Industry Association of America to compel Internet Service Providers to identify users who are file-sharing.
http://www.eff.org/issues/file-sharing
Topics: Intellectual Property, Internet, Music
Last updated Nov 1, 2007
Focus on Intellectual Property Rights
This illustrated publication provides an overview of intellectual property, such as copyright, patents, trademarks, and trade secrets, and related laws and issues. It discusses topics such as international intellectual property treaties, the definition of "fair use," and intellectual property rights and the pharmaceutical industry. Includes a glossary, additional readings, and links to material for children. Also available in Spanish, Chinese, and Korean. From the U.S. Department of State's International Information Programs.
http://www.america.gov/publications/books/ipr.html
Topics: Intellectual Property
Last updated Dec 21, 2008
Intellectual Property and Technology Forum at Boston College Law School
This online publication is "dedicated to providing readers with rigorous, innovative scholarship, timely reporting, and ongoing discussion from the legal community concerning technology law and intellectual property." Provides current news, scholarly articles, commentary, and information about conferences. Resources section includes topical pages for links related to encryption and freedom of speech. Designed, edited, and published by students at Boston College Law School
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/law/st_org/iptf/
Topics: Intellectual Property, Law, Law by Subject, Technology
Last updated May 20, 2003
Intellectual Property Network (Delphion)
Access to the bibliographic data and text of all claims of all patents issued by the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) from 1971 to present. Updated approximately every two weeks. In addition, you can get images from 1974 to present. Now includes databases of patents from the European Patent Office EPA and EPB patents and World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO) PCT text and images. There are several ways to search - make sure you choose the best for your needs.
http://www.delphion.com/
Topics: Business, Business & Consumer Law, Intellectual Property, Technology
Last updated Jan 29, 2001
The Internet Intelligence Index
A directory of business and industry resources "designed to help you gather information from a variety of public services, in support of your competitive intelligence efforts. It contains links to over 600 intelligence-related Internet sites, covering everything from macro-economic data to individual patent and stock quote information." Maintained by the library of Fuld & Company, a competitive intelligence firm.
http://www.fuld.com/Tindex/I3.html
Topics: Business, Business, Business & Consumer Law, Consumer Research & Advocacy, Intellectual Property
Last updated Jun 21, 2006
IOC [International Olympic Committee] Internet Guidelines for the Written Press and Other Non-Rights Holding Media
"These guidelines will help those written press and other non-rights holding media wishing to develop Olympic-related web activity in connection with the upcoming Olympic Games." Discusses written coverage, photography, audio and video, copyright notices, use of Olympic marks and symbol, and links. Opens directly into a PDF file. From the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
http://multimedia.olympic.org/pdf/en_report_1025.pdf
Topics: Intellectual Property, Photograph Collections, The Olympic Games, The Olympic Games: Past, Present, Future
Last updated Feb 25, 2006
Open Access Overview
"This is an introduction to open access (OA)." OA "literature is digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions. OA removes price barriers (subscriptions, licensing fees, pay-per-view fees) and permission barriers (most copyright and licensing restrictions)." Also includes a timeline, links to a blog and a newsletter, and links to related information. From a former professor of philosophy at Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana.
http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/overview.htm
Topics: Intellectual Property
Last updated Jul 28, 2006
PatentCafe
A large site for intellectual property, patent, and invention resources. Includes links to how-to information, patent searching, invention groups, government agencies, and copyright, chat groups, magazines, and book sources. Searchable.
http://www.patentcafe.com/
Topics: Business, Business & Consumer Law, Intellectual Property, Science, Technology
Last updated Jan 25, 2006
Piracy: Online and on the Street
Arguments against music file-sharing as presented by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), which calls this practice "online piracy." Includes a discussion of copyright, possible penalties for file-sharing, instructions for reporting violations, news, and information about the RIAA's efforts to bring lawsuits against individual computer users who are file-sharing. Features tips for consumers on how to identify pirated sound recordings.
http://www.riaa.com/physicalpiracy.php
Topics: Intellectual Property, Internet, Music
Last updated Jun 23, 2007
Subpoena Defense
"This site is a resource for individuals seeking information on how to defend themselves if their identity has been subpoenaed by a private third party seeking to enforce their copyrights on the Internet." Includes tools for determining "if such a subpoena has been issued for a user name associated with you" and for reporting the receipt of a subpoena. Provides suggested actions for consumers and Internet service providers (ISPs).
http://www.subpoenadefense.org/
Topics: Intellectual Property
Last updated Sep 17, 2003
Tales From the Public Domain: Bound by Law?
A comic book-style presentation that explores "the impacts of intellectual property on creativity -- specifically, documentary film." Follow the heroine as she "navigates the twists and turns of intellectual property. ... Bound By Law reaches beyond documentary film to provide a commentary on the most pressing issues facing law, art, property and an increasingly digital world of remixed culture." From the Center for the Study of the Public Domain, Duke University Law School.
http://www.law.duke.edu/cspd/comics/
Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Intellectual Property
Last updated Apr 4, 2006
WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
"The WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center was established in 1994 to offer arbitration and mediation services for the resolution of international commercial disputes between private parties." The site explains the WIPO's role in disputes (including those related to domain names), the rules under which it operates, how it carries out its procedures, and other information.
http://www.wipo.int/amc/
Topics: Intellectual Property, Judicial Process
Last updated Nov 16, 2006
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
The WIPO, concerned with protecting copyright, trademark, and industrial design, provides treaties, databases, statistics, definitions, and a directory of global and regional organizations. Also available in French, Spanish, and Russian.
http://www.wipo.int/
Topics: Intellectual Property, International Governments, International Law, Treaties, & Agreements, Law by Place (U.S. States & non-U.S.)
Last updated Oct 15, 2005
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