Patents, Trademarks, & Copyright
- 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.
- 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.
- The Invention Dimension
- Read about the Inventor of Week and other interesting stuff from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- 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.
- 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
Note: See Patent Databases available at the Central Branch of the Los Angeles Public Library