RESEARCHING INTERNATIONAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW: INTERNET RESOURCES

by Lyonette Louis-Jacques
Foreign and International Law Librarian and Lecturer in Law, D'Angelo Law Library.
llou@midway.uchicago.edu
February 2000

Key Starting Points:

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
http://www.wipo.int/
(see also their "Collection of Laws for Electronic Access" at http://clea.wipo.int/)

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
"International Intellectual Property Topics"
http://www.uspto.gov/web/menu/menu5.html

Intellectual Property Rights Help Desk (European Commission)
http://www.cordis.lu/ipr-helpdesk
(they also publish a free monthly IP newsletter called IP-Wire; for further
details, go to http://www.ipr-helpdesk.org/ipwire or to subscribe send an
e-mail to ip-wire@ipr-helpdesk.org)

I*M Europe Legal Issues: Law Resources for New Technology in the EU
http://www2.echo.lu/legal/en/ipr/ipr.html

Organization of American States (OAS)
Foreign Trade Information System/Sistema de Información sobre Comercio Exterior (SICE) (national legislation, directories, and links to official sources on IP information)
http://www.sice.oas.org/int_prop.asp

The Intellectual Property Mall (Franklin Pierce Law Center)
"Global Directory of International Resources"
http://www.ipmall.fplc.edu/pointbox/pb_5.htm
(see also IPMenu at www.ipmenu.com/country.htm)

FindLaw
http://www.findlaw.com/01topics/23intellectprop/index.html
http://cyber.findlaw.com/

General Sources of Law and Commentary:

Oppedahl & Larson Patent Law Web Server
"Intellectual property resources on the Internet"
http://www.patents.com/

All About Trademarks (Guillot & Gazala, L.L.P.)
"International Trademark Laws, Rules, and Treaties"
http://www.ggmark.com/#Trademark_Links

International Trademark Association (INTA)
http://www.inta.org/

World Trade Organization (WTO)
Intellectual Property Page
http://www.wto.org/wto/intellec/intellec.htm

Cornell University Law School (Supreme Court decisions, United States Code, including patent, trademark & copyright statutes, etc.; look under "Intellectual Property")
http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/topic2.html#intellectual property

Institut de Recherche en Proprit Intellectuelle Hnri-Desbois (French IP portal site)
/www.kuesterlaw.com/">http://www.kuesterlaw.com/

Ladas and Parry Intellectual Property newsletter
http://www.ladas.com/ladasnews.html

United States Copyright Office (Library of Congress)
http://www.loc.gov/copyright/

European Patent Office (EPO)
http://www.european-patent-office.org/

Asia-Pacific Industrial Property Center (APIC)
http://www.apic.jiii.or.jp/

Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Industrielle/
International Association for the Protection of Industrial Property
http://www.aippi.org/

UNESCO Communication, Information, Informatics: Webworld (Legal and Ethical Issues) at http://www.unesco.org/webworld/public_domain/legal.html

CNI-COPYRIGHT on LISTPROC@CNI.ORG (Copyright and Intellectual Property Forum) at http://www.cni.org/Hforums/cni-copyright/

INTELLECTUALPROP on LISTSERV@ABANET.ORG (International Intellectual Property Law and Practice - open list at http://www.abanet.org/discussions/I-llists.html

INTPROP-L (European Intellectual Property Law list)
http://www.ipjur.com/html/intprop.htm

Lyo's Law Lists: http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/law-lists