ILS Web Sites: International Intellectual Property Law

International Instruments (Conventions, Treaties, Protocols, etc.)
Intergovernmental Organizations
National Laws and Ministries
Guides
Other

International Instruments (Conventions, Treaties, Protocols, etc.)

• Treaties Administered by WIPO (from the WIPO Secretariat)
• Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) (from the WTO)
• WTO-WIPO Cooperation Agreement (from the WTO)
• Agreements on Cultural Property and Copyright and Neighboring Rights (from UNESCO)
• Lexis Intellectual Property Treaties (Filename TREATY)
• Eurasian Patent Convention (from the EAPO)
• European Patent Convention (from the EPO)
• Agreement Relating to Community Patents (from Europa)
• Cultural Protection Treaties and Other International Agreements (Fletcher School at Tufts)
• Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (full-text from Cornell.)

 IGOs

• Eurasian Patent Organization (official website)
  • Documents
• European Patent Office (official website): includes patent databases and news:
  • Official Journal
  • Annual Reports: from 1995
  • Decisions of the Administrative Council: selected.
  • Ancillary Regulations
  • Case Law: a guide with citations to decisions.
• European Union (official website)
  • Directorate General for Intellectual and Industrial Property (official website): Includes news, legal instruments and documents from the Commission.
  • Intellectual Property (from the Information Society Promotion Office): Includes news and links to legal documents.
  • Trade Marks and Design (from the Office for the Harmonization of the Internal Market): Includes decisions and regulations.
• United Nations Educational, Social and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) (official website)
  • UNESDOC: searchable full-text database of UNESCO documents, resolutions and decisions, and speeches.
  • UNISBIB: searchable bibliographic database of documents, publications and library collectiosn.
  • Statistics
  • News
• World Property Organization (official website)
  • Documents:   Includes documents of meetings and conferences.
  • Intellectual Property Digital Library: collections include Madrid, PCT and JOPAL (non-patent reference) data and support fully searchable information retrival.
  • UNCAPS (from Information Systems Coordination Committee): bibliographic access to UN System documents including WIPO.
  • Pressroom

Subscription Databases

• WorldTradeLaw.net
  Title: World Trade Law
  Web Address: http://www.worldtradelaw.net
  Who Can Access: Harvard ID holders
  Where to Access: ILS public terminals
  How to Access: Access via IP recognition at any ILS terminal.
  Provider: WorldTradeLaw.net
• Description: WorldTradeLaw.net has an entire page digesting WTO Dispute Resolution cases dealing with various section of the TRIPS Agreement.

National Laws & Ministries

Collections of Laws

• CLEA - Intellectual Property Laws (from WIPO)
• Collection of National Copyright Laws (from UNESCO)
• Intellectual Property Rights: National Legislation (from the OAS Trade Unit)

Other Links

• European Intellectual Property Review (on Westlaw EIPR)
• Patent, Trademark and Copyright Periodicals, Combined. on Lexis (JNLS) or see also Intellectual Property Newsletters, Combined. (IPLTR)
• Trademarks Throughout the World 4th ed. (A. Jacobs ed. New York: Trade Activities, 1989-current)looseleaf also published on Westlaw (TMWORLD)
• See relevant Lexis and Westlaw topic groups for much more intellectual property content.
• Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Patent, Copyright and Competition Law (official website)
• International Association for the Protection of Industrial Property (official website)
• International Intellectual Property Alliance (official website)
• IP Menu Intellectual property resources by country.
• The International Federation of Industrial Property Attorneys (official website)
• Links to patent and other intellectual property information
  resources (from the British Library): Links to major databases.