U.S. Government Resources: Intellectual Property

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Cybercrime.gov
http://www.cybercrime.gov/

Cybercrime.gov is maintained by the Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section of the U.S. Department of Justice's Criminal Division. The site provides cases, policies, reports, and other documents related to cybercrime and intellectual property.

Intellectual Property Crime
http://www.cybercrime.gov/ipmanual.htm

This manual represents a comprehensive, up-to-date resource for prosecution of intellectual property crimes.

Manual of Patent Examining Procedures
http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/index.html

The entire manual is provided in HTML & PDF formats, followed by Zip files available for download.

Patents
http://www.uspto.gov/main/patents.htm

This site is the homepage of the patent division of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

• Patent Searchable Database http://www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html
  Provides full-text and full-page image databases of issued patents and published applications.

Trademarks
http://www.uspto.gov/main/trademarks.htm

This site is the homepage of the trademark division of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. For anyone interested in applying for a registered trademark, please see the databases below.

• Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)
  http://www.uspto.gov/teas/index.html
  Once users have searched TESS for mark information, the next step is to apply for registration. TEAS is an on-line system that allows users to fill out an application and officially submit the form directly to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
  
  
• Trademark Applications and Registrations Retrieval (TARR)
  http://tarr.uspto.gov
  The TARR database contains the general information also available on TESS, plus information on the assigned attorney, Madrid protocol, and the prosecution history of the mark. TARR contains information only on trademarks that are federally registered or that are pending. To search TARR, users need a valid registration or serial number.

U.S. Copyright Office
http://www.copyright.gov

The Copyright Office is responsible for promoting the progress of the arts and for protecting the works of authors. This website contains a variety of information, including application forms for copyright registration, links to the copyright law, the Office's latest regulations, a link to online copyright records since 1978, and much more.

U.S. Copyright Office: Searchable Databases
http://www.copyright.gov/records/

Search one of the Office's three databases (Books, Music, etc.; Serials; Documents) for records of registrations and ownership documents since 1978.

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
http://www.uspto.gov

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is a non-commercial federal entity and one of 14 bureaus in the Department of Commerce. The PTO promotes industrial and technological progress in the United States and strengthens the national economy by: administering the laws relating to patents and trademarks; advising the Secretary of Commerce, the President of the United States, and the administration on patent, trademark, and copyright protection; and, advising the Secretary of Commerce, the President of the United States, and the Administration on the trade-related aspects of intellectual property.

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office: Forms Online
http://www.uspto.gov/web/forms/index.html

All forms available in PDF format.

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office: Top 10 Patent Recipients
http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/speeches/03-01.htm

Listed are the 10 corporations receiving the most patents for inventions in 2002, along with their 2001 ranking.