Sources of Law and Forms

Collections of National Laws 

  1. Collection of Laws for Electronic Access (WIPO)
    http://www.wipo.int/clea/en/index.jsp 
  2. Collection of National Copyright Laws (UNESCO)
    http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php@URL_ID=14076&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
  3. European Union Law
    http://eur-lex.europa.eu/  
  4. Latin American IP Laws from the Organization of American States (OAS)
    http://www.sice.oas.org/int_prop/ipnale.asp 
  5. IP Laws of the Middle East & North Africa
    http://www.agip.com/ 
  6. U.S. Patent Act
    http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/35 
  7. U.S. Patent Regulations
    http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_03/37cfrv1_03.html#101  
  8. U.S. Copyright Act
    http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17 
  9. U.S. Copyright Regulations
    http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_03/37cfrv1_03.html#101 
  10. U.S. Trademark Act
    http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/15/ch22.html 
  11. U.S. Trademark Regulations
    http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_03/37cfrv1_03.html#101  
  12. U.S. Federal Register Notices of Proposed & Final Patent & Trademark Regulations
    http://www.uspto.gov/web/menu/current.html#register

Multilateral Intellectual Property Treaties 

  1. Treaties administered by WIPO
    http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ 
  2. Universal Copyright Convention
    http://www.unesco.org/culture/laws/copyright/html_eng/page1.shtml  
  3. Trade & Commercial Relations Treaty Texts from the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Tufts University
    http://fletcher.tufts.edu/multi/trade.html 
  4. Patent Cooperation Treaty
    http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/texts/articles/atoc.htm
  5. Convention on Biological Diversity
    http://www.cbd.int/

Forms 

  1. U.S.P.T.O. Patent forms
    http://www.uspto.gov/web/forms/index.html#patent  
  2. U.S. Copyright Office forms
    http://www.copyright.gov/forms 
  3. U.S.P.T.O. Trademark forms
    http://www.uspto.gov/web/forms/index.html#TM
  4. PCT Forms (WIPO)
    http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/forms/
  5. European Patent Office (EPO) Forms
    http://www.epo.org/patents/Grant-procedure.html
  6. German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA) Forms
    http://www.dpma.de/formulare/formular.html