Research

• American Patent & Trademark Law Center has general information about patents, foreign patents & general information on trademarks.
• For current copyright law information check out Copyright and Fair Use from Stanford. New legislation and case law.
• esp@cenet.com is a free patent database which provides full images of U.S. patents dating back to 1920, allowing you to search by title; inventor; applicant, etc.
• Georgetown University Law Center has decisions from US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Browse by date or search by name or keyword.
• Intellectual Property Mall Homepage from the Franklin Pierce Law Center includes articles and USPTO patent exams.
• IP Law Practice Center from Law.Com.
• PatentCafe.com has IP resources including Codes, Statutes & Treaties and Lawyer's Resources.
• Patent Offices on the Internet offers access to patent office web sites around the world.
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• Code of Federal Regulation Online Allows one to retrieve CFR sections by citations. Search the entire databases by keyword. Search your choice of CFR titles and/or volumes; Search the Federal Register for related documents.
• Code of Federal Regulations through the Legal Information Institute has coverage by title.  Title 37 is Patents, Trademarks & Copyrights.
• Copyright Law of the United States of America (Title 17 of the U.S. Code)
• Testimony before House Judiciary Intellectual Property Subcommittee.
• The Library of Congress offers links to Research Tools.
• Download The Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP) from the USPTO.
• Office of Information Technology
• The Official Gazette of the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office consists of portions of text and representative image from each patent or trademark issued on that particular OG issue date.  The Patent Official Gazette is available in electronic format for the most recent 52 issues and The Trademark Official Gazette for the most recent 5 issues.
• Patent Application Information Retrieval (PAIR) from the USPTO contains information regarding patent application status. Determine whether office actions have been issued, whether responses have been filed & in some instances, view documents that are part of the file history.
• Search or browse the Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure (TMEP) - 3rd Edition. 
• U.S. Copyright Office has general information on copyrights, application forms, Federal Register notices and press releases.
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has Court Opinion & Decisions as well as Court Rules.
• U.S. International Trade Commission has information on recent Petitions & Complaints and Publications.
• U.S. Patent & Trademark Office has information about patents & trademarks.  You can also download forms.
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International

• IP Australia
• Belgium Ministry of Economic Affairs, Office for Industrial Property.
• Brazilian Industrial Property Office.            
• Canadian Intellectual Property Office.
• State Intellectual Property Office of P.R. China.
• Danish Patent & Trademark Office.
• eponline is the European Patent Register Online.
• European Patent Office has information about European patents including a searchable database.
• The European Patent Office's PATLIB Network offers access to the Patent Information Centers comprising the national patent offices of each member state.
• National Board of Patents & Registration of Finland.
• France Patent & Trademark Office (this site is in French).
• Germany Patent & Trademark Office (this site is in German).
• National Intellectual Property Center of Georgia.
• Hellenic Industrial Property Organization.
• Hong Kong Intellectual Property Department.
• Hungarian Patent Office.
• INPADOC (International Patent Documentation Center) contains the bibliographic and family data of patent documents and utility models of 73 patent-issuing organizations including the European Patent Office (EPO) and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).  Resources include Active Kind-of-Document Codes and Legal Status Codes in English.
• Italy Patent & Trademark Office (this site is in Italian).
• Japanese Patent Office Includes press releases, laws & guidelines and search for Japanese Patent information.
• The State Patent Bureau for the Republic of Lithuania.
• Luxembourg Intellectual Property Office (this site is in Luxembourgish).
• State Office of Industrial Property of the Republic of Macedonia.
• Monaco Division of Intellectual Property (this site is in French).
• Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand.
• Portugal National Institute of Industrial Property (this site is in Portuguese).
• Intellectual Property Office of Singapore.
• Spain Patent & Trademark Office (this site is in Spanish).
• Swedish Patent & Registration Office.
• United Kingdom Patent Office.
• WIPO Collection of Laws for Electronic Access (CLEA) provides easy access to intellectual property legislation from a wide range of countries and regions as well as to treaties on intellectual property.
• WIPO Guide to Intellectual Property Worldwide (2nd Edition) gives essential information on intellectual property by means of individual country profiles on WIPO Member States.
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• The ABA Intellectual Property Law section is another source for legislation, as well as bulletins and current developments.
• American Association for the Advancement of Science has legislative links through the Center for Science, Technology, & Congress.
• American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) is a professional association specializing in the practice of intellectual property law.
• American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers has a Database of Works restored to Copyright Protection and ASCAP Licensing Agreements, including ASCAP Internet Licensing Agreements.
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers has Government Relations information regarding science & technology.
• Association of University Technology Managers provides information on technology transfer & licensing.  Information includes Government Regulations & Resources.
• Biotechnology Industry Organization Take a look at News & Media or National Issues in the biotechnology field.
• The Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers is the world's largest technical professional society.
• Intellectual Property Owners (IPO) is an association serving owners of patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets.
• The International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property is the world's leading non-government organization for research into, and formulation of policy for, the law relating to the protection of intellectual property.  Take a look at News, Publications & Services or Links.
• The International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) is a private sector coalition formed to represent the U.S. copyright-based industries in bilateral and multilateral efforts to improve international protection of copyrighted materials.  Take a look at News & Resources, Copyright & Trade Issues and Country Reports.
• International Trademark Association (INTA) is an association of trademark owners and advisors worldwide.
• National Institutes of Health read about current news & events or visit the Office of Technology Transfer.
• The New York Intellectual Property Association (NYIPLA) promotes the development and administration of intellectual property interests.  Resources include IP Links and Articles & Commentary.
• World Intellectual Property Organization Homepage.
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• The Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CEDAR) of The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) assures that safe and effective drugs are available to the U.S. Take a look at Drug Information and Regulatory Guidance. 
• Electronic Orange Book from The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) contains approved drug products with therapeutic equivalence evaluations. 
• The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is responsible for protecting the public health by assuring the safety, efficacy, and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological products, medical devices, our nation’s food supply, cosmetics, and products that emit radiation.
• The Food and Drug Law Institute (FDLI) is a forum for the FDA and other agencies to engage in the exchange of information regarding policy and laws & regulations relating to products subject to FDA jurisdiction.  Resources include Publications & Periodicals.
• MedWatch, the FDA Safety Information and Adverse Event Reporting Program,  provides important and timely clinical information about safety issues involving medical products and special nutritional products.
• PharmaLive has current news, articles and reports on the pharmaceutical industry.
• RXList is a web-based drug index with a searchable database.
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