Links for Additional Resources

IP Offices and Organizations

American Bar Association
Australian Patent Office
Canadian Patent Office
European Patent Office (EPO)
Japanese Patent Office
United Kingdom Patent Office
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Patent and IP Offices and Organizations

Government Sites

Gate to Government Printing Office Databases
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Library of Congress
NC Court Records

Resource Sites

Piperpat – source for worldwide patent and trademark attorneys

FirstGov – “your first click to the U.S. Government,” this site offers online government information, services and resources

CataLaw -- a catalog of worldwide law on the Internet. It aids legal research by arranging all indexes of law and government into a uniform, universal meta-index.

Cornell Law School's Legal Information Institute -- Supreme Court decisions, court opinions, state constitutions & codes, etc.)

FindLaw – public access site for law, lawyers and legal resources

Source Translation & Optimizations – focusing on patent information - economics, legal analysis, statistics, court rulings, patent analysis tools and more

LegalEthics -- ethical issues related to the Internet

Washburn Law School – guide to legal information on the Internet

Index for Legal Research – links to legal research sites, including U.S.

Sites of Interest

Alfred Nobel History and Nobel Prizes
How Stuff Works
Nature Biotechnology Journal Online
Unconventional Patented Inventions