Patents, Trademarks, & Copyrights

Patents, Trademarks, & Copyrights
- ESPACENET
  
  This European Patent Office (EPO) site provides access to thirty million European documents in their original languages.
- Intellectual Property
  
  Easy to understand explanation and examples of intellectual property law as it relates to copyright, trademarks, and patents developed for UCLA students.
- Inventors Assistance League
  
  Local nonprofit group that can help you in your patent search
- Librarycopyright digitalslider
  
  Basic gage for determining copyright protection for works first published in the U.S.A. Also mentions unpublished works referenced by date of creation. Any result showing an asterisk can be clicked for clarifying information.
- Patent Search
  
  Full text and images of granted U.S. patents from 1790 and applications from March 2001 to the present. Patents issued between 1790-1975 can only be retrieved by patent number or classification numbers.
- Public Domain texts
  
  Public Domain sources of electronic texts available on the Internet.
- The Copyright Website
  
  A private site for copyright information. The site gives examples of copyright issues involving film, art, music, sound, software, etc. See the research pamphlet on basic copyright information.
- The Invention Dimension
  
  Read about the Inventor of Week and other interesting stuff from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- United States Copyright Office
  
  Information on copyright laws, procedures, etc..
- United States Patent and Trademark Office
  
  Information about patents and trademarks
- WATCH (Writers, Artists, and Their Copyright Holders) File
  
  Contains names and addresses of copyright holders or contact persons for authors and artists whose archives are housed in North America and the United Kingdom.
- When Works Pass Into The Public Domain