General Patents and Trademarks Sites
- All about Trademarks Information on trademarks and trademark law from a law firm specializing in trademarks.
- FindLaw - Intellectual Property Includes extensive sections on patents and trademarks.
- Gallery of Obscure Patents From Delphion.
- Intellectual Property Web Server Oppedahl & Associates.
- Intellectual Property: the Practical and Legal Fundamentals From the Franklin Pierce Law Center in New Hampshire.
- InventNet Site to help inventors develop and market their inventions.
- National Inventor Fraud Center (NIFC) Provides information to inventors about invention promotion companies.
- Patent, Copyright & Trademark Encyclopedia From Nolo.com
- Patent Law Links Law firms, Patent Offices, legal services, statutes and case law.
- Patent Law Overview From Legal Information Institute at Cornell University.
- Patent Law Portal
- Patently Absurd! Weird Patents, Useless Inventions From the U.K. patent office and includes links to serious information about patents from other countries and agencies.
- Trademark Acceptable Identification of Goods and Services Manual
- Trademark FAQ From the USPTO.
- Trademark Law Overview From the Legal Information Institute at Cornell University.
- United Inventors Association Provides support and services via the WWW for inventor support groups or individual inventor.
Definitions
A Patent is a grant from the U.S. government giving an inventor the exclusive right to make, use, or sell an invention in the U.S. for a limited time (up to 20 years from the time of application for a utility or plant patent, up to 14 years for a design patent). Design, Plant, and Utility patents are all granted. Consult the document General information concerning patents from the USPTO for more information.
A Trademark or Service Mark is a word, name, symbol, or device used to identify goods or services used in commerce; marks used in interstate or international commerce are registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Consult the USPTO document Basic Facts about Trademarks for more information.
A Trade or Service Mark used by a business only within a state's boundaries is considered a state, rather than Federal mark, and is usually registered with a state's Attorney General's office.
A Trade Name is just another name for a trademark or service mark.
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