Mainly focused on patents, includes a number of patent searching databases, and relevent sections of patent, trademark and copyright law.
MicroPatent
A do-it-yourself trademark searching service. It allows you to explore the entire U.S.
Federal trademark database back to 1884 by any combination of 35 fields, including words
in the mark, owner name and address, U.S. and International Class, Goods & Services,
and much, much more! The database includes new applications as well as registered
trademarks, both live and dead. Fees are for daily, monthly or annual unlimited searching.
Copyright
Clearinghouse for copyright laws, decisions, regulations, register of copyrights, etc.
from Cornell's Legal Information Institute.
Full text of the Trademark Act of 1946
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Good website includes a searchable patent database (1976 - 1996), patent and trademark
laws, links to other patent and trademark sites, et.al.
Canadian Intellectual Property
Office
This site contains downloadable versions of the Patent Rules of Canada and the Manual of
Patent Office Practice and other guides to Canadian patent law. However, a searchable
patent database was not available.
U.S. Patent Act
Full-text of U.S. Patent Act as amended (1994), from Cornell.
Patent information
This is the home page for Source Translation & Optimization's (STO) Internet Patent
Search System, a way for people around the world to perform patent searches, and access
information on the patenting process.
Brainwave
Brainwave is a commercial outfit offering fee-based access to a variety of resources, with
value-added compilation services. Brainwave offers everything from TRW credit reports, to
company profiles, to scientific and technical information, to trademarks and patents, and
to newspapers. Their information comes from a variety of resources, some readily available
(like newspapers, ABI/Inform, etc.), others not so available.
Patent Q & A
A primer on the patent process, mainly focused on obtaining a patent on an invention. From
a patent law firm in upstate NY.