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Intellectual Property Resources

International Treaties and Treaty Governance

• The Berne Convention (1971 Act)
• WIPO Copyright Treaty
• Agreed Statements to WIPO Copyright Treaty
• WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (WPPT)
• Agreed Statements to WPPT
• TRIPS Agreement (Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, including Trade in Counterfeit Goods), World Trade Agreement, Annex 1C

United States Copyright Law

• Title 17, United States Code
• U.S. Copyright Regulations
• U.S. Copyright Office Information Circulars

U.S. Statutes and Cases (via University links)

• Cornell Law School
• Georgetown Law School

United States Government Sites

• United States Copyright Office
• U.S. Congress, Thomas
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
• U.S. House of Representatives
• U.S. House of Representatives, Judiciary Committee
• The Supreme Court of the United States

European Union Government Sites

• European Commission, DG XV - Internal Market and Financial Services
• European Parliament

World Intellectual Property Organization

• World Intellectual Property Organization

University Sites (Intellectual Property or Internet-Related)

• University of California at Berkeley (School of Information Management and Systems)
• Franklin Pierce Law Center IP Mall
• Harvard Law School (Berkman Center for Internet and Society)
• New York University (Engelberg Center on Innovation Law and Policy)
• Stanford Law School (Copyright and Fair Use)
• Keep Your Copyrights
• American University Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property
• Kasunic.com - The Copyright and Litigation Resource

Law Firm Sites

• Perkins Coie LLP (Internet Case Digest)
• Phillips Nizer Benjamin Krim & Ballon LLP (Internet Law Library)

Internet and Computer Industry News

• QuickLinks
• The Standard
• Wired
• Ars Technica
• Slate

Organizations and Societies

• American Library Association (ALA) and ALA Washington Office
• Copyright Clearance Center
• Digital Future Coalition
• Motion Picture Association of America
• Open e-book consortium IIPP
• Future of Music Coalition
• The Copyright Society of America
• ADAGP (the French Collective Rights Management Society)
• The Artists Rights Society
• The American Intellectual Property Organization
• Association Littéraire et Artistique Internationale USA
• Council on Library and Information Resources
• The Media Institute
• The Media Law Resource Center
• JSTOR