Helpful Links

 

General Invention Assistance

USPTO Inventor’s Assistance http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/dapp/pacmain.html

United Inventors Association http://www.uiausa.org/

Ask the Inventors http://asktheinventors.com/

International Federation of Inventors' Associations  http://www.invention-ifia.ch/

Inventors Assistance League http://www.inventions.org/

Rent an Inventor and Margolin Development http://www.rent-an-inventor.com/

SBA - Starting Your Business - Patents, Trademarks. http://www.sba.gov/starting/indextrademarks.html

Virginia Economic Development Directory  http://www.ecodevdirectory.com/virginia.htm#Hampton%20Roads%20Area

Reference Sources for Inventors

HowStuffWorks - Learn how Everything Works! http://www.howstuffworks.com/index.htm

InventorEd's Free Resources http://www.inventored.org/

Inventors' Digest Magazine http://www.inventorsdigest.com/

Inventors Publishing & Research http://www.inventorspublishing.com/index.htm

MIT Invention Dimension! http://web.mit.edu/invent/

Nolo Patent & Trade Secrets http://www.nolo.com/

Everday Edisons (PBS television program)  http://www.everydayedisons.com   
Inventors Spot http://inventorspot.com/

Patents and Patent Searches

Delphion Citation Link http://www.delphion.com/

European Patent Office http://www.european-patent-office.org/

Federal Citizen Information Center http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/

FreePatentsOnline http://www.freepatentsonline.com/

Internet Patent News http://www.bustpatents.com/

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

The Patent Cafe www.patentcafe.com

United States Patent and Trademark Office Search page http://www.uspto.gov/web/menu/search.html

United States Patent and Trademark Office Home http://www.uspto.gov/

University of Michigan Media Union Library http://www.lib.umich.edu/

Patents Search Database http://www.patents.com

Protecting Your Idea

NATIONAL INVENTOR FRAUD CENTER, INC. http://www.inventorfraud.com/goodguys.htm

Patent Cafe Licensing Inventions Articles http://www.cafezine.com/Articles/licensing_000925.html

Patent Licensing article from Angenehm Law Firm http://www.angenehm.com/casestudy1.html

Patent Licensing Strategies http://www.fenwick.com/pub/ip_pubs/PLicense/main.htm

The Use of a Patent Licensing Center as an Intermediary http://vjolt.student.virginia.edu/text_only/vol3/vol3_art10.html

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Copyrights

US Copyright Office http://www.copyright.gov
Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts  http://www.vlany.org/ 

Publisher Groups American Association of Publishers (AAP)   www.publishers.org
Publishers Marketing Association (PMA)   www.pma-online.org

Small Press Center (SPC)   www.smallpress.org

Writers Groups
American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA)   www.asja.org
The Authors Guild   www.authors-guild.org
National Writers Union (NWU)   www.nwu.org

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