Patent

Patent Classification
U.S. Patent Classifications (CNIDR)

Software Patents
Examination Guidelines for Computer-Related Inventions

Design Patents
Guidelines for Examination of Design Patent Applications for Computer-Generated Icons
Industrial Design Protection
Industrial design website by Bill Fryer, Professor of Law at the University of Baltimore.

Misc. Patent Resources
Cornell University Legal Information Institute

General IP Information
Intellectual Property: Patent Examination and Copyright Office Issues
Allen Li, Associate Director, Energy, Resources, and Science Issues, before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary. This testimony focuses on intellectual property issues. In the patent examination area, GAO discusses (1) patent pendency--the amount of time that the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) spends examining an application to determine whether an invention should receive a patent; (2) PTO's resources committed to the patent process, the trademark process, the dissemination of information, and executive direction and administration; and (3) PTO's workload and examination process in comparison with those of other industrialized countries. In the copyright area, GAO discusses (1) the possibility of transferring the Copyright Office from the Library of Congress to another organization; (2) possible additional revenues that the Copyright Office could charge if it recovered all costs; and (3) the impact on the Library, including the Copyright Office, of revisions to its competitive selection process as a result of the settlement of a class-action discrimination suit.

The Intellectual Property Center (NY Law Journal)
Innovation Asset Group

Organizations
Trademark, Copyright and Patent Protection and the U.S. Customs Service
The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)
American Bar Association (ABA) Section on Intellectual Property Law

IP Libraries
U.S. House of Representatives Internet Law Library - Intellectual Property (hosted by lawguru.com)

Unfair Trade Information
Cornell University
Information available at this site includes: Restatement of the Law of Unfair Competition (Tentative Draft 1993); Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act; Unfair Competition Decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court (since May 1990); and Federal Trade Commission Regulations.

North Carolina Unfair Trade Information
North Carolina Department of Commerce International Trade Office