Resource Links

Overview of Links

Art & Artists
Attorney Organizations
Computers and Software
Copyrights
Courts
Entertainment
Government Agencies
International Intellectual Property
Intellectual Property Organizations
Internet Domains
Internet Freedom, Privacy, and Security
Legal Websites and Blogs
Music and Sound Recordings
Patents & Patent Attorneys
Trademarks

Art and Artists

• California Lawyers for the Arts - http://www.calawyersforthearts.org/

This is a nonprofit organization of attorneys that support the arts and artists in California. It provides lawyer referrals, arbitration and mediation services for artist disputes, and educational programs. See its website or call at (415) 775-7200.

Attorney Organizations

• American Bar Association - www.abanet.org
• California Bar Association - www.calbar.ca.gov
• Sacramento Bar Association - www.sacbar.org

Computers and Software

• Hieros Gamos Computers and the Law - http://www.hg.org/compute.html

Copyrights

• Copyright Office - www.copyright.gov

Courts

• California Court General Information - www.courtinfo.ca.gov
• Sacramento Superior Court - www.saccourt.com
• United States Federal Court System - www.uscourts.gov
• United States Federal Court - Eastern District - www.caed.uscourts.gov

Entertainment

• ABA Forum on the Entertainment and Sports Industries. Educational forum for the legal principles and transactional aspects of entertainment and sports law - http://www.abanet.org/forums/entsports/home.html
• American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) - www.ascap.com
• Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI) - www.bmi.com
• Hollywood.com - Entertainment news and information website - www.hollywood.com
• The Home Recording Rights Coalition - www.hrrc.org
• Motion Picture Licensing Corporation (MPLC) - Copyright licensing service representing major Hollywood studios - www.mplc.com

Government Agencies

• California Secretary of State - www.ss.ca.gov
• Federal Communications Commission - www.fcc.gov
• Federal Trade Commission - www.ftc.gov
• United States Copyright Office - www.copyright.gov
• United States Patent & Trademark Office - www.uspto.gov

Intellectual Property Organizations

• American Intellectual Property Law Association - www.aipla.org
• World Intellectual Property Organization - www.wipo.org

International Intellectual Property

• Canadian Intellectual Property Office - http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/sc_mrksv/cipo/welcome/welcom-e.html
• European Union I.P. Information - http://europa.eu/scadplus/leg/en/s06020.htm
• IPR Helpdesk - http://www.ipr-helpdesk.org/index.html
• World Intellectual Property Association - www.wipo.org

Internet Domains

• ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) - www.icann.org
• Popular Registrars:
  • Network Solutions - www.netsol.com
  • Tucows - www.tucows.com
  • .mobi Registrar - http://pc.mtld.mobi/

  Internet Freedom, Privacy, and Security

  • Electronic Frontier Foundation - www.eff.org
  • Federal Trade Commission - www.ftc.gov

  Legal Websites and Blogs

  • Instapundit - www.instapundit
  • The TTAB Law Blog - http://thettablog.blogspot.com/
  • The Volokh Conspiracy - www.volokh.com
  • The IP Mall - http:///www.ipmall.fplc.edu/
  • Raymond Nimmer's contemporary intellectual property blog - http://ipinfoblog.com

  Music and Sound Recordings

  • American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) - www.ascap.com
  • Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI) - www.bmi.com

  Patents & Patent Attorneys

  We are not licensed patent attorneys, so we cannot assist clients in obtaining patents. We do represent clients in patent litigation and patent licensing, and we provide referrals to patent attorneys.

  • United States Patent & Trademark Office - www.uspto.gov

  Trademarks

  • United States Patent & Trademark Office - www.uspto.gov