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Copyrights, Patents, Trademarks

News & Blogs

Appellate litigation
Chilling Effects Clearinghouse; including cease and desist notices
Copyfight
Law Geek
Legal resources & research tips
Paper Chase
Phila Lawyer

World:

General:

Gimme Law . LawCrawler~ . ILRG~ . Legal Sites~ . World Legal Information Institute
Alt Law . Cornell . Cyber Libel . Duhaime Dict. . Juris Line . Law Office . Lect Law . Lectric Law . Lexis One . My Counsel . Nolo

Internet & Tech:

Groklaw: in-depth coverage, mostly oriented toward tech
Chilling Effects - 1st amendment and IP info, cease & desist letters
Cyber Law . Daubert . Ecommerce laws . Grep Law . IP Offices . IPWW . Kuesterlaw . Law Meme . Nolo . Out-Law: IT and ecommerce . Perkins Coie (case law) . SoftwareProtection . WIPO.int
Deep Linking: Ticketmaster v. Tickets
FTC: Advertising & Marketing on the 'net . Dot Com Disclosures
Link Controversies
Satellite: Legal-Rights . WuMarkus forums
Software Freedom - legal center
Ant-Polygraph: lie detectors and their lack of scientific basis
What Color are Your Bits - legal analogy essay

U.S. & U.S. Government:

FedRegs (Search) . FedWorld . GovBot . Supreme Court (court history, recent decisions) . Thomas (link e.g.)
Family Law
Fully Informed Jury Association
Constitution-free zone: 2/3rds of Americans live in
Forfeiture Endangers American Rights
Lawyers and Settlements
Libel law
Legal briefing for activists
Legal Information Institute: various areas of law
Library of Congress Guide to Online Law: 50 states, Various Nations
MAPP v. OHIO - searches and seizures
Pacer - U.S. Courts info (alternate, Recap Firefox plug-in)
Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence (PDF)
Resource.org: substantial collection of public resources
Sarbanes-Oxley - financial and accounting disclosure info
Small Business Administration: Licenses & permits, taxes
The Robing Room: federal judge ratings (not statistically valid)

Misc:

Avalon Project - law, history, & diplomacy documents
U.S. Businesses file 4 times more lawsuits than individuals
Blood Alcohol Content calculator
Cyberspace: Architecture vs Law?
Famous Trials
The File Room - Censorship examples
Guide to starting a business
Hague . Godfrey v. Dolenga
Incorporating:
- BizFilings
- Delaware, Nevada
- The Company Corporation - Incorporate your business
Jury Duty - unofficial advice and info
Just Cause Law Collective
Law and Economics (Wikipedia)
Libel Defense Resource Center, FAQ
Legal Affairs magazine
Nolo - legal and business books, forms, & software
Oral arguments:
- Supreme Court 2004 - (click a case, then click Resources)
- 7th Circuit Court
- 8th Circuit Court
- 9th Circuit Court
Over Layered
Photos, legal tips:
- Model releases
- Photographer's rights
- Street photography
Prosecutor's fallacy: e.g. DNA match
Safe Harbor
2nd Amendment
Stella awards - frivolous and outrageous lawsuits
The Smoking Gun
Speed Traps
Taxes, US:
- IRS.gov
- Free filing services
Business:
- Startup quick list
- Tips on educating clients to value your work

In the Public Interest:

Copyrights © (c):

Copyright.gov - fair use
Title 17
lcweb.loc.gov (FAQ) . Pipers . Compiler Press
Copyright myths . C.in Cyberspace . Fair use (PDF) . Fair Use Overview (disagreements)

Copy Fight - politics of IP blog . Laypersons and copyright suits . Photographer's right . Photography and the law
Rants: Alice in Wonderland . Lessig
Mathematical Copyright . Opposing Copyright Extension
Fair Use
Music Copyright Infringement Archive

Patents:

Delphion . Free Patents . Free Patents Online . IBM Gallery . Patent Cafe . Patents.com . USPTO.gov (patentability)
European . Australia (IP)
BountyQuest . BustPatents . SPI.org . Co-op Treaty | IP Funny . Patently Silly . Patent of the Week . Totally Absurd
ContractEdge . IP.com . OpenPatents.org . Pat2PDF . User's Group
Open Source Patents . Internet Patents . No Software Patents
Books: Patent It Yourself
Provisional Applications: about.com . BPM Legal . From Patent to Profit . Patent Wizard (software)

Trademarks ™ (TM) ®:

Trademark law . Logos & TM's . MarksOnline . NameStake . Rosen (PDF) . Trademark Search (TESS)
USPTO.gov (FAQ, Classes, How to guide)
Fair use
Types of Marks

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