Dave Brezina's Intellectual Property and Other Links

Updated 11/11/2014

Intellectual Property Law web sites

Free

Patent
  1. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
  2. European Patents on Espacenet
  3. US Patent Assignments
  4. The Software Patent Institute
  5. Biotech Agricultural Technology Transfer dead link
  6. Search on Patent Lens
  7. Search on Free Patents Online
  8. Historical US Patents
  9. Canadian Intellectual Property Office
  10. Free PDF File Copies of US Patents
  11. Free PDF File Copies of US Patents
  12. Free PDF File Copies of Published US Applications
  13. Arcane Boat Patents
Trademark
  1. Official Gazette of Trademarks
  2. European Trademark Search
  3. Madrid Convention -- International Trademarks
  4. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board -- Viewing Documents On File
  5. United Kingdom Trademarks
Copyright
  • US Copyright office

    Advertising, Consumer Protection and Competition
  • Federal Trade Commission
  • Antitrust Guidelines for the Licensing of Intellectual Property (1995)
  • R & D -- Guidelines for Collaboration Among Competitors
  • US International Trade Commission
    US ITC Document Information System
  • US Customs Decisions
  • Lookup RN Numbers
  • Look Up NAIC Codes (formerly SIC Codes)

    • Commercial -- You Will Need An Account -- These Are Not Advertised or Endorsed by this Site

    1. Thomson & Thomson Trademark searches
    2. Micro Patent Patent Copies
    3. Delphion Intellectual Property Network
    4. BNA Intellectual Property Library

    Courts

    1. US Supreme Court

    2. US District Court ND Illinois
    3. Electronic Filing US District Court ND Illinois

    4. Links to All US Courts

      Pacer Case Locator:

    5. Pacer Case Locator (Requires Account)

      Appellate Courts

    6. US Court of Appeals Federal Circuit
    7. US Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit

      Other District Courts

    8. US District Court CD Illinois
    9. Electronic Filing US District Court CD Illinois
    10. US District Court ND Indiana
    11. Electronic Filing US District Court ND Indiana
    12. US District Court WD Wisconsin
    13. Electronic Filing US District Court WD Wisconsin

    14. US District Court Delaware
    15. Electronic Filing US District Court Delaware
    16. US District Court Eastern District Texas
    17. Electronic Filing US District Court Eastern District Texas
    18. US District Court Southern District New York
    19. Electronic Filing US District Court Southern District New York
    20. US District Court Central District California
    21. Electronic Filing US District Court Central District California
    22. US District Court ED Missouri
    23. Electronic Filing US District Court ED Missouri
    24. US District Court SD New York
    25. Electronic Filing US District Court SD New York
    26. US District Court SD Indiana
    27. US District Court SD Ohio
    28. US District Court CD California
    29. Electronic Filing US District Court CD California

      State Court

    30. Cook County Circuit Court
    31. Cook County Circuit Court -- Clerk's Office

      Secondary Sources

    32. Kent Law School Site with Seventh Circuit Decisions
    33. Cornell U. Law School Supreme Court Decisions
    34. Findlaw U.S. Supreme Court Decisions
    35. Interest Rate Applicable to Federal Judgments

    Laws

    Free

    1. Public Library of Law
    2. United States Code at Cornell University
    3. United States Code at the US Congress
    4. Guidelines for Intellectual Property Licensing
    5. Federal Rules Civil Procedure
    6. Federal Rules of Evidence
    7. Uniform Trade Secrets Act
    8. Law and Politics: Internet Guide
    9. HeinOnline Journals & Federal Register

    Commercial -- You Will Need An Account -- These Are Not Advertised or Endorsed by this Site

    1. Lexis
    2. Westlaw
    3. Loislaw
    4. BNA Intellectual Property Library

    State & Local Government

    1. Illinois Supreme Court opinions
    2. Illinois Judicial Circuit Court Rules
    3. Illinois Civil Procedure
    4. Illinois Secretary of State
    5. Illinois Secretary of State Name Search
    6. Clerk of Court for Cook County
    7. Cook County Clerk

      Corporations in Other States

    8. Wisconsin
    9. Florida
    10. Georgia
    11. California
    12. Alabama
    13. Delaware
    14. Louisiana
    15. Virginia Corporations Commission

    Other IP Law

    1. Author of Electronic Freedom Foundation, explaining Copyright myths
    2. John Marshall Law School
    3. Commentary on Patent Law
    4. A Blog Humorously Identifies 17 Types of Lawyers

    Other Law

    Some may require membership

    1. Terralex International Law Firms
    2. ABA Section of Litigation
    3. Illinois State Bar Association
    4. American Intellectual Property Law Association
    5. Illinois Trial Lawyers Association Newsletter
    6. Chicago Bar Association
    7. Legal Practice Forms from 'Lectric Law Library
    8. US Securities Exchange Commission's EDGAR corporate information
    9. Yale Law School's Avalon Project, publishing historical documents
    10. U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates 1774-1873
    11. History of the Federal Judiciary
    12. US State Department -- Passports & Travel

    Computer sites

    1. Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers
    2. Troubleshooting
    3. html programming commands
    4. barcode scanning
    5. Whois Through Network Solutions
    6. Webopedia Computer Encyclopedia

    7. Urban Legends and Hoaxes

    8. Make a Shorter Linkto make links that will work in Yahoo Groups

    9. Find your computer's IP Address

    Weather

      Radar Loops

    1. Chicago Radar Loop
    2. Midwest Radar Loop
    3. Great Lakes Radar loop
    4. Animated Satellite Views

      Charts

    5. UNISYS Surface Analysis
    6. NOAA Weather Map
    7. NOAA Surface Analysis

      Text Observations and Forecasts

    8. Current Conditions Meigs Field
    9. Current Conditions O'Hare Field
    10. Forecast Cook County, Illinois
    11. Chicago Wind Forecast
    12. Java pressure & wind
    13. Chicago Nearshore Marine Forecast
    14. Milwaukee Nearshore Marine Forecast

      Web Cams

    15. GLERL Current Conditions 3 mi. offshore
    16. Web Cam North Ave. Beach Looking East

      Still Radar and Satellite Images

    17. NOAA Radar
    18. Intellicast Radar Summary

    General Interest, Limnology, Ecology

    1. Great Lakes Environment
    2. Astronomical site
    3. Sea Grant Fish of Great Lakes
    4. Great Lakes Information
    5. Nautical Chart Previews

    General information web sites

      Search Sites
    1. Metacrawler to Search Multiple Search Engines at Once
    2. Zoom Info to Locate People and Companies
      1. Technical and Scientific Reference
        1. Scientific and Technical Articles
        2. Materials Properties
        3. Materials Properties -- Plastics
        4. Periodic Table of the Elements
        5. Plastics Glossary
      2. Conversions
        1. Convert Units
        2. Convert Units
        3. Conversion Calculator
        4. Links To Thousands of Technical Calculators and Conversions
        5. New Link To Thousands of Technical Calculators and Conversions
      3. Math
        1. Trig Tables
        2. Trig (Java)
        3. Math Tables
      4. Dictionary, Thesaurus, Vocabulary
        1. American Heritage Dictionary on Yahoo
        2. Online Dictionaries
        3. Link Web URL Text to Dictionary
        4. Free Translations
        5. Acronyms
          1. Military Acronyms
          2. Military Words
          3. Official
      5. Other
        1. Wikipedia Volunteer Encyclopedia
        2. World Fact Book
        3. Wikipedia's List of National Capitals
        4. State Capitals
        5. Car prices
        6. Demographics