Intellectual Property

Intellectual Property: Useful Links and Resources

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The following resources can help businesses understand their rights when dealing with intellectual property issues.

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Delphion Patent Search (Subscription)
From: Delphion
Delphion hosts the Derwent Patent Index, which integrates nicely with other Delphion analytical and productivity tools, such as Work Files.

Derwent Patent Index (Subscription)
From: Thomson Scientific
Every patent record is abstracted and indexed, making it easier to search all of the 15 million patents in this database. Contains patents from over 41 patent issuing authorities world-wide.

Google Patents
From: Google
Generally complete from 1790- present, although new patents are sometimes added sporadically. Can search by title and inventory name back to 1790, although some patents are not fully indexed. Search interface is excellent (better than the USPTO website), but large results list are limited to 600 patents.

Hieros Gamos – Intellectual Property
Website providing links to trademark, patent, and copyright information.

Intellectual Property Law Server
Provides information about intellectual property law including, patent, trademark, and copyright. Resources include links, general information, articles, and forums for discussing related issues.

Stanford Litigation IP Clearinghouse
From: Stanford Law School
A comprehensive online information source on IP litigation. Freely available after registering. Requires a valid e-mail address.

Scitopia.org (partly free)
From: Created through the collaboration of 21 leading science and technology societies.
Free federated search portal containing the electronic libraries of thirteen leading science and technology societies. Includes 150 years of peer-reviewed journal articles and conference proceedings. Offers full-text articles searchable by article title or author name. Also offers a pay-per-view option for researchers at institutions who do not subscribe to the content. Patent researchers can use a keyword search to locate patents on Esp@cenet, the Japan Patent Office, and the USPTO.

SumoBrain
From: the creators of FreePatentsOnline.com (trusted resource).
Features full-text cross collection searching of US and European patents as well as Japanese patents and Patent Cooperation Treaties (PCT). Other useful features include the capability of sharing documents with read/write access to colleagues registered in the system. Patents in these documents can be annotated with notes and exported to excel. Also PDFs can be bulk-downloaded.

USPTO Patent Search
From: USPTO
A search engine hosted by the USPTO provides full text and full page images of patents from 1790-current. Note that pre-1976 patents can only be searched by issue date, patent number, and class code.

U.S. Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)
This page is the starting point for the USPTO's trademark information. Click on "Search" under "Get a Trademark Registration..." or visit the USPTO's Trademark Electronic Business Center (EBC). The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office TESS database contains more than 2.9 million pending, registered and dead federal trademarks. Updates scheduled daily on Tuesdays through Saturdays.

What Are Patents, Trademarks, Servicemarks, and Copyrights?
From: USPTO
An introduction to basic concepts of Intellectual Property Rights from the United States Patent and Trademark Office's (USPTO) Page.

Trademark Applications and Registrations Retrieval (TARR) Database
The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office TARR database lists current status information about pending and registered trademarks. Search by trademark serial number or registration number. Trademark records in TESS provide links to the status information displayed in TARR.