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Butterworths Tutorial Series: Intellectual Property
by William van Caenegem
WIPO
The web pages of the World Intellectual Property Organisation at Geneva, Switzerland, which administers the leading intellectual property conventions (The Berne Convention relating to copyright and the Paris Convention relating to industrial property right, and others): http://www.wipo.org/
Under 'News and Information Resources' there is a helpful collection of foreign legislation in electronic form; as well as an electronic library and relevant links.
Under 'Activities and Services' there is information about treaty development, about current topics such as biotechnology and about certain WIPO initiatives and activities.
WTO
Go to the general WTO site at http://www.wto.org for general information about the World Trade Organisation.
For information concerning the TRIPS agreement go to http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/trips_e/trips_e.htm
This page gives general background information concerning the place of intellectual property in the WTO structure, as well as access to relevant source materials and news about current developments etc.
EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICE
Go to the opening page at http://www.european-patent-office.org/
At the bottom of the page click on the 'Links' hyperlink for access to certain primary materials as well as to the various organisations in member states or access directly at http://www.european-patent-office.org/online/index.htm
Under the heading of Legal texts and patent classification systems you will find access to the European Patent Convention and relevant caselaw.
ALAI - COPYRIGHT
The site of the International Literary and Artistic Association, to give it its English translation. Interesting materials relating to copyright related issues: see http://www.alai.org
UNITED STATES PATENT & TRADE MARK OFFICE
Go to http://www.uspto.gov/
In the 'Special Pages for…' box, try Global/International, and 'Academic Research' for further information from various sources.
UNITED STATES COPYRIGHT OFFICE - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Go to http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/
Find links to Legislation (including New and Pending legislation), to International and to related sites on the opening page. The site of the Library of Congress proper may also be of use and interest to you: see http://www.loc.gov/
IPAUSTRALIA
IPAUSTRALIA is the Australian patents, trade marks and designs office, at http://www.ipaustralia.gov.au/
You can click on the IPPROFESSOR hyperlink to an online IP resource centre.
Alternatively go to http://www.ipaustralia.gov.au/library/L_home.htm
for lots of useful links and information, inter alia to 'Other
international IP sites'.
BSA - BUSINESS SOFTWARE ALLIANCE
This is the site of a lobby group concerned with software piracy worldwide. The site can be accessed at http://www.bsa.org/ and contains some interesting material useful for critical study and research.
CANADIAN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OFFICE
The CIPO site can be accessed at http://cipo.gc.ca/
Links are available to Canadian legislation in the various areas administered by the office, by clicking on the relevant heading (eg Patent) on the welcome page: http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/sc_mrksv/cipo/welcome/welcom-e.html
UK PATENT OFFICE
The UK Patent Office is at http://www.ipo.gov.uk/
With links to various interesting sites, inter alia the government IP site in the UK at http://www.intellectual-property.gov.uk/
MPAA
The MPAA or Motion Picture Association of America has an interesting site with some information about copyright and piracy at http://www.mpaa.org/home.htm
The MPA and MPAA 'serve as the voice and advocate of the American motion picture, home video and television industries, domestically through the MPAA and internationally through the MPA'.
ASSOCIATION FOR INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION OF IP
EUROPEAN UNION INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/copyright/index_en.htm
DEPARTMENT OF BROADBAND COMMUNICATIONS & THE DIGITAL ECONOMY
INTERNET INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION SITE
ATTORNEY GENERALS' DEPT
AUSTRALIAN COPYRIGHT SITE
AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT INFORMATION MANAGEMENT OFFICE (AGIMO)
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