Intellectual Property Resources.

Below is a list of resources you may find helpful.

American Intellectual Property Law Association - http://www.aipla.org/ 

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office - http://www.uspto.gov/ 

European Patent Office - http://www.epo.org/

Japan Patent Office - http://www.jpo.go.jp/

Canadian Intellectual Property Office - http://www.cipo.gc.ca

Australian Patent Office - http://www.ipaustralia.gov.au/

UK Intellectual Property Office - http://www.ipo.gov.uk/

German Patent Office - http://www.deutsches-patentamt.de/

Hong Kong Intellectual Property Department - http://www.ipd.gov.hk/eng/home.htm

Chinese Patent Office - http://www.sipo.gov.cn/sipo_English/

U.S. Copyright Office - http://www.copyright.gov/

World Intellectual Property Organization(WIPO) - http://www.wipo.int

International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI)- http://www.aippi.org/

International Trademark Association - http://www.inta.org/

European Communities Trade Mark Association - http://www.ecta.org/

Federal Register- http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/index.html

Federal Trade Commission - http://www.ftc.gov/

U.S. Department of Commerce - http://www.osec.doc.gov/ 

World Trade Organization - http://www.wto.org/

esp@cenet (free international patent search portal) - www.espacenet.com