RESOURCES AND
LINKS
for
International Comparative
Intellectual Property Studies*
Intellectual Property
Law
General Comparative Studies
 American
Bar Association Section on Intellectual Property (ABA/IPS)
Here is an excellent gateway to participate in various latest activities
and issues discussions within the American intellectual property community.
It also contains a large amount of continued legal education programs,
including conferences.
American
Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)
AIPLA is one of the most active and fastest growing bar associations in
the U.S. intellectual property law community. This site contains up-to-date
information on the new developments on the United States Congress, amicus
curiae briefs filed on behalf the association, position papers and reports
from its committees. In October 2000, a newly combined IP Practice in
the Far East Committee was formed and its web pages are due to be included
in this site (for its members only, however).
Asia
Observer
A nice beginning site to get vast amount of information on current issues
and developments in the entire East Asian region. Designed and maintained
by John Einar Sandvand.
Asia-Pacific
Economic Cooperation (APEC)
This is the site of the APEC Secretariat. It now hosts an impressive amount
of studies and events information concerning the entire Pacific Rim.
Asia
Source/Asia Society
This is the resource database of the New York-based Asia Society. An excellent
portal to various Asian interests and studies. It also contains a good
amount of information on Asian Americans.
Biotechnology
Information Resource
Prepared by the National Agricultural
Library of the U.S. Department of Agriculture,
this site is an ideal gateway for those who need to conduct thorough research
in the biotechnology area. This site also provides access to biotechnology
related patents and a wide variety of federal biotechnology documents.
Cata
Law on Intellectual Property Law
A good source of reference for comparative intellectual property studies.
The site has clear-cut break-down based on subjects and countries/regions.
Center
for Advanced Research and Study on Intellectual Property (CASRIP), University
of Washington School of Law
The center sponsors a patent-focused annual summer training institute
and an international conference in Seattle in which the Asia Pacific Legal
Institute is a co-sponsor. Its regular programs, however, focus more or
less on Japan-related comparative intellectual property studies.
Electronic
Commerce Policy of the United States Government
A spin-off from the U.S. Department of Commerce's site, this site provides
excellent resources and critical gateways on new policy developments to
the fast changing world of e-commerce.
Electronic
Frontier Foundation's Intellectual Property Online
This site contains many articles on various intellectual property subjects
and links to other subject related gophers or servers.
Europa
This is the official multilingual gateway to the European Union. For those
who would like to research cases in English, they may want to go straight
to the EU Court of Justice and/or Court of First Instance.
Find
Law
The Yahoo! or "mega-mall" for laws, law schools, news, legal
organizations, publishers, services and a whole lot more. It also has
an extensive collection of international links. An excellent starting
point for any legal research.
Franklin
Pierce Intellectual Property Mall
Have a great "shopping" experience with the vast knowledge of
intellectual property!
The
George Washington University Law School, Jacob Burns Law Library
Leonard E. Kline, the Reference Librarian at the Burns Law Library, does
a painstaking but wonderful job by putting together one of the most comprehensive
collection of links and resources on intellectual property law throughout
the world. A MUST for comparative researches and studies.
Hiero
Gamos
This is the directory and search engine provided by Lex
Mundi, an association of 152 law firms from various countries. As
such, it has multilingual searches and uses "framing" to have
viewers look at their search results.
International
Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA)
This is the association or coalition that represents the interests of
U.S. copyright industries before the government, particularly Congress
and the U.S. Trade Representative Office. Its annual Special 301 Recommendations
and Copyright Industries in the United States reports reflect the industries'
survey and perspective on global piracy condition and the growth of copyright
industries in the U.S. economy, and have been influential documents to
the U.S. policy making.
International
Intellectual Property Institute (IIPI)
Launched in 1998 by former U.S. Patent and Trademark Commissioner Bruce
Lehman of the Clinton Administration, this non-profit organization is
geared for research and educational projects for the enhancement of global
intellectual property protection. The Asia Pacific Legal Institute is
currently in collaborating with IIPI in developing projects in the days
ahead.
International
Trademark Association (INTA)
This is the site of what may be the largest trademark interest group in
the world. It offers its position papers and studies on various current
trademark issues, including those related to the domain names and electronic
commerce (so called "cybersquatting"). It also contains information
on various trademark-related events.
Internet
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is the
non-profit corporation formed to assume responsibility for the Internet
protocol address space allocation, protocol parameter assignment, domain
name system management, and root server system management functions now
performed under U.S. Government contract by Internet Assigned Numbers
Authority (IANA) and other entities. This site also contains the Uniform
Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) and its Rules on domain names disputes
now fully effective and implemented.
IP
Worldwide
One of American Lawyer Media Inc.'s many publications. This one has good
coverage on the global intellectual property development.
ipFrontline
A FREE monthly publication on various topics of intellectual property
rights.
Intellectual
Property Rights (IPR) Helpdesk
A very good reference tool for research concerning the European Union
and its members.
Law
News Network: IP Law Center
It has good information. But paid subscription is necessary.
Lex
Mercatoria
This site intends to serve as a monitor for essential links to international
intellectual property, trade and economic laws.
The
National Committee on U.S.-China Relations
This is a nonprofit educational organization that encourages understanding
of China and the United States between citizens of both countries. Its
exchange, educational, and policy programs are carried out in a wide range
of fields, especially in the international affairs area.
Organization
for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
For those who are interested in the inter-relationship between intellectual
property and investment, electronic commerce, and other trade-related
issues, the activities and discussions at the OECD are not to be ignored.
Pharmaceutical
Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA)
This site contains useful surveys, issue papers, and many other materials
concerning the interests of U.S. pharmaceutical research firms. It is
particularly useful for research concerning biotechnology.
Pipers
Virtual Intellectual Property Library
Based in New Zealand, this site offers an excellent gateway to a wide
range of intellectual property information and resources in the entire
Pacific Rim.
Thomas:
U.S. Congressional Legislative Information
This is the official and very useful site to search for any federal legislative
information in the United States. It contains vast amount of records which
comprise not only the text of the bills, but also the hearing records
and reports of the committees.
United
States Copyright Office
From copyright basics to the debates on digital copyright protection.
This is a major resource and gateway to major copyright information in
the United States and elsewhere. The site now offers user-friendly copyright
on-line registration.
United
States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
This is the official site of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
It is also an excellent gateway to search for policies, U.S. and other
country's patents and trademarks, and the latest development on intellectual
property legislation, such as the landmark American
Inventors Protection Act of 1999 (AIPA,
as part of Public Law No. 106-113). On line trademark and a pilot online
patent prosecution systems are now available.
United
States Trade Representative (USTR)
This is the official USTR information resource site where many trade-related
international intellectual property documents may be found, such as the
annual Special 301 identifications and the WTO disputes.
World
Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
This site contains almost all the major international conventions and
treaties related to the protection of intellectual or industrial property
rights, records of various diplomatic conferences, and more. Multilingual
versions available.
World
Trade Organization (WTO)
The home of the TRIPs
Agreement and many other resources concerning this still very young
yet critical international organization.
*This list is
intended to serve as a starting point for those who wish to conduct international
comparative researches on intellectual property and/or trade law issues.
As many of these sites also provide extensive links to other sites, our
list is not an attempt to duplicate their efforts, rather to compliment
them. Special indications are made for sites that are bilingual, multilingual
or in foreign language.
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