Useful Links
Please find below a selection of links to web sites which are relevant in the field of Intellectual Property and Agriculture.
IP Research
ABS swiss site
http://abs.scnat.ch
AGCare
www.agcare.org
This site, of a ‘pro-biotech’ organisation with the name “Agcare”, is a good resource for information about ‘Bt’ and ‘Bt’ engineered plants. It contains several links to background information on ‘Bt’.
CAMBIA
www.cambia.org
Duke University’s Centre for the Study of the Public Domain
http://www.law.duke.edu/cspd/
Site for the Duke University’s Center for the Study of the Public Domain. This site is an excellent resource for issues dealing with the public domain and the public commons. Many excellent webcasts of lectures given at the Center are available from this site.
Intellectual Property Mall
http://ipmall.fplc.edu/
The IP Mall links to a intellectual property resources served up by the Franklin Pierce Law Center
International Institute for Indigenous Resource Management
www.iiirm.org
This is a site maintained by the International Institute for Indignenous Resource Management located in Denver, Colorado. Information and links related to TK-IK issues.
Rural Advancement Foundation International
www.rafi.org
The prototype of a watchdog for IPR.
Universities Allied for Essential Medicines (UAEM)
www.essentialmedicine.org
This is the website of the Universities Allied for Essential Medicines, (UAEM) organisation, which promotes access to medicines by the world’s poor through events, transactional (licensing) models, etc.
IP Associations and Networks
Association of University Technology Managers
www.autm.net
This site has a wealth of technology transfer information.
International Trademark Association, (INTA)
www.inta.org
Home page of the International Trademark Association, (INTA) a pro-trademark, not-for-profit membership association of trademark owners and professional from 190 countries. The “Information and Publishing” link has many resources, some of which are available to non-INTA members.
Intellectual Property Owners Association (U.S.)
www.ipo.org
Some interesting information not easily found elsewhere. However, please note that much of the information is available to members only.
International Alliance
www.international-alliance.org
A site from the International Alliance of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples of the Tropical Forests, a worldwide network of organisations representing indigenous and tribal peoples living in tropical forest regions (Africa, the Asia-Pacific and the Americas).
The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
Patent Law and Practice
Esp@cenet
http://ep.espacenet.com
European Patent Office’s (EPO) helpdesk
www.cordis.lu/ipr-helpdesk
This site is an excellent source of patent information. It can be accessed in English, French and German, and has many links to useful patent sites.
Intellectual Property in Cyberspace
www.law.duke.edu/boylesite/copyrt.htm
The home of a webpage devoted to “Intellectual Property in Cyberspace”. This site contains links to many articles and other sites concerned with IP and cyberspace -mostly related to copyright issues and materials fixed in an electronic format
Google’s patent search site
www.google.com/patents
Google’s patent search site provides an alternative to the USPTO site. You can search and download pdf files of all (1970 to present), US Patents on this site. (At the USPTO site, searches of earlier US patents, before 1976 are more difficult to locate and search.)
USPTO Web Patent Databases
www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html
US Patent and Trademark Office
Copyright Law and Practice
Copyright and Fair Use Site
http://fairuse.stanford.edu
Copyright and Fair Use site maintained by the Stanford University Library. A good source for information and ongoing academic research regarding copyright law, mostly from a US perspective.
Open Source
Governmental IP Agencies
British Government site on IP issues
www.ipo.gov.uk
The British government’s site dealing with intellectual property issues. A good site for practical IP information from the British perspective and links to IP-related events and organisations in the UK.
IP Australia
www.ipaustralia.gov.au
The site for IP Australia, the Australian Government agency responsible for administering patents, trade marks, designs and Plant Breeder’s Rights. Information regarding IPR in Australia and other IP/TT issues.
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office official homepage
www.uspto.gov
International and Non Governmental Organisations
UPOV
UPOV Online
WIPO
WIPO Online
UNESCO
www.unesco.org
IP Libraries and Legal Repositories
Bonn Guidelines
www.biodiv.org/decisions/default.aspx?m=cop-06&d=24
PIPERS Virtual Intellectual Property Library
www.piperpat.com/VirtualIPLibrary/tabid/53/Default.aspx
Commercial site that contains links to Patent service around the world. (Based in New Zealand).
Plant breeders’ rights in Australia
www.ipaustralia.gov.au/pbr/dus.shtml
IP Helpdesks
Helpdesk on IP and TT-related issues
IPR Helpdesk
A helpdesk on IP and TT-related issues, for participants in EU Community-funded projects. This site also has much information of interest to many audiences
Blogs, discussions, wikis
Should the Patent and Trademark Office be issuing 20,000+ new software patents every year?
www.bustpatents.com
An interesting site run by a gadfly of U.S.PTO.
Bio resource pointer of grain for people to subscribe
