Patent and Trademark

The United States Patent and Trademark Office United Inventors Association (UIAUSA) Inventors Support Network, Inc

US Patent & Trademark Office

General Information Public forum for complaints and responses about invention promoters (Scam alerts!) Complaint Form Regarding Invention Promoters Independent Inventor Program Patent Information Provisional Patent Application Find a local Patent & Trademark Depository Library (PTDLs) Official Patent Database Registered Patent Practitioners Official List

Government and Legal Warnings on Scams

Federal Trade Commission - Search the word “invention” to check if a company has been investigated and/or fined Consumer Alert, Fraudulent Invention Promotion Firms PDF Files FTC Facts for Consumers: Invention Promotion Firms PDF Files State Attorneys General - Check by State (NAAG) American Inventors Protection Act 1999

Trademark & Copyright Information

Copyright information - Library of Congress Trademark information - USPTO Trademark information - Non-Government / privately-run site Professor Tom Field Franklin Pierce Law Center on US Patent, Trademark & Copyright

Manufacturing

Find Manufacturers of industrial products. MachineShopWeb.com / Thomasnet.com/ / Globalspec.com/ National Institute of Standards and Technology - Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership.

Innovation Evaluation (Academic and Government)

Innovation Institute Innovation Assessment Center - Washington State University Dep't of Energy's Inventions & Innovations Program Wisconsin Innovation Services Center

Government Assistance

Business.gov - Government’s one-stop shop Small Business Administration - Writing a business plan Small Business Administration - Procurements & Contracting / Grants Small Business Administration - Technology / Innovation Research Program U.S Dept of Energy - Inventions and Innovation site for Energy Technology Developers. (Energy TechNet) Licensing Executives Society - Directory of licensing professionals (U.S.A. and Canada) Department of Defense - SBIR & STTR Department od Defense - Early-stage R&D projects at small technology companies National Institutes of Health - Grants & Funding Opportunities National Science Foundation NREL - For small, disadvantaged, women-owned, HUBZone, Veteran owned, and Disabled Veteran owned businesses.

International

Canadian Intellectual Property Office Canadian Innovation Centre's Inventors' Assistance Program Inventive Women European Intellectual Property Association World Intellectual Property Organization NameProtect®

Australian Trademark Database Canadian Trademark Database Cuban Trademark Database European Community Database French Trademark Database

Other Intellectual Property Links

The Copyright Website Copyright and the Digital Domain Ten Big Myths about Copyright - Misconceptions about copyright, by Brad Templeton. Copyright Navigator - Visual analysis of the Copyright Act, by Professor Lionel Sobel of the Southwestern University School of Law. The Copyright Act - Cornell University Law School U.S. Copyright Office Copyright Renewal Databases - Rutgers Copyright Renewal Databases - Stanford University Other Intellectual Property Links - From Brown & Michaels, PC

Fee Based Trademark Research Resources

Avantiq® DIALOG® Corsearch®

Trademark Explorer by Questel/Orbit (click Products & Services) Trademark.com™ by MicroPatent

Other Resources

Inventors Digest, LLC

http://www.inventnet.com/patattn.html

MediaWebLink has compiled the list above as a public service. MediaWebLink is not aware of any public program that offers direct financial support to independent inventors. Some government / academic programs may offer valuable services, support or even grants for specific areas related to research and development, but in general, inventors are private individuals and privately funded. Some of our resources: United Inventors Assocation (UIAUSA) / Brown & Michaels, PC / InventorEd, Inc. /

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