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.

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Basic gage for determining copyright protection for works first published in the U.S.A.  Also mentions unpublished works referenced by date of creation.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.

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