Links
3. Additional Patent Information
7. Private Investigation Tools
8. Venture Capital and Funding
10. Selected Business Lead Sites
11. Selected Science and Engineering Sites
12. Trade Shows and Conventions
1.
U.S. Patent Searches
US Patent
and Trademark Office
www.uspto.gov
(News, patent searches, listing of parent attorneys and agents, etc.)
2.
Patent Offices
USPTO
www.uspto.gov
(US governemnt
site with searching, forms, fee schedule, and general information)
European Patent
Office
www.european-patent-office.org
(EPO site with links to foreign patent offices, general information on
foreign patents.)
Japanese
Patent Office
www.jpo.go.jp/
(Interesting
section on noteworthy patents and practical advice)
Patent
Office of the People Republic of China
www.cpo.cn.net
(General information, news events, and announcements)
Patent
Offices around the world
www.pcug.org.au/~arhen/
3.
Additional Patent Information
National
Inventor's Hall of Fame
www.invent.org
(Stories of famous inventors, information on inventors museum in Akron,
Ohio, and other practical invention information.)
American
Intellectual Property Law Association
www.aipla.org
(IP Lawyer's
site with links to Supreme Court, CAFC, and other court cases involving
IP)
World
Intellectual Property Organization
www.wipo.org
(WIPO site in English, French, and Spanish)
4.
Trademark Information
USPTO
www.uspto.gov
(Go to trademark
area for general information, and can file application online.)
International
Trademark Association
www.inta.org
(INTA site lists meetings, publication, what's new and brand valuation
sections)
5.
Copyright Information
US Copyright
Office
www.loc.gov/copyright
(General information, forms, etc.)
6.
Licensing
Licensing
Executive Society
www.usa-canada.les.org
(LES is the premier
licensing society for IP-excellent publications, meetings, and links to
international LES chapters)
7.
Private Investigation Tools
Zaba Search
www.zabasearch.com
Free source for locating people
Private
Investigator Mall
www.PIMall.com
(PI information
and tools on background, pre-employment, civil and criminal, hidden assets,
fraud inquiries, etc. Interesting product and services section)
OfficerOnline
www.officer.com
(Site for law
enforcement officers, products; interesting services, links)
Data
Base Technologies
www.dbtonline.com
(The premier
site for public information--restricted to attorneys, investigators, law
enforcement, and insurance companies. Fee based)
Lexis/Nexis
www.lexis-nexis.com
(A premier site
for business, legal, investigative, and public information-fee based)
8.
Venture Capital and Funding
Kleiner Perkins
www.kpcb.com
Well known venture capital group which invests in start-ups
9.
Other governement sites
Securities
and Exchange Commision
www.sec.gov
Federal
Trade Commission
www.ftc.gov
10.
Selected Business Lead Sites
Thomas
Register
www.thomasregister.com
(150,000 plus
companies list their products)
Wall
Street Journal
www.wsj.com
11.
Selected Science and Engineering Sites
Popular
Science
www.popsci.com
(Interesting
new product ideas)
Omnica Corporation
www.omnica.com
Southern California firm for industrial design and prototyping
Fanuc Robotics
www.fanucrobotics.com
Leading industrial robotics firm
Other
links under construction
12.
Trade Shows and Conventions
Consumer
Electronics Show, CES
www.cesweb.org
Largest trade show in Las Vegas which previews the latest in consumer electronics and gadgetry.
National
Association of Home Builders Show
www.nahb.org
High
Point Show
www.ihfc.com
International
Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions Show
www.iaapa.org
Light Fair Show
www.lightfair.com
Canton Fair
www.cantonfair.org/cn/en/index.asp
Largest trade fair in China , held 2x/year, good source of Chinese manufacturers in many product areas.
Ambiente Consumer Goods and Gift Fair in Frankfurt
http://ambiente.messefrankfurt.com/frankfurt/en.html
Large, upscale consumer goods and gift fair in Germany .
Pacific Design and Manufacturing Show
www.pacdesignshow.com
Held in Anaheim , the west Coast's Largest Design and Manufacturing Show. Actually 6 shows in 1, including electronics, plastics, medical, green, packaging, etc.
Annual Reports for investors
www.reportgallery.com
Asian
trade show, vendor, and manufacturer sources
www.asia.manufacturers.globalsources.com
China
Daily News
www.chinadaily.com.cn
Business
Information
www.hoovers.com
Japanese
News
www.jetro.go.jp/
www.metropolis.japantoday.com
German International Trade Show locator
www.expodatabase.com
Air
Courier Organization
www.courier.org
Aditional
PI tools
www.crimetime.com
Alibaba site
www.alibaba.com
According to Forbes, best business to business site. Excellent sources for locating manufacturers and trade show, buying and selling leads.
Google Author's Site
www.google.com/talks/authors/index.html
Originally for Google employees, now famous authors who speak at Google employee events can now be viewed and listened to in full.
National Library of Medicine
www.nlm.nih.gov
Excellent source of medical information and innovation.
International Travel Site of State Department
www.travel.state.gov
Official site of State Department with summaries of travel issues, warnings, etc. for over 200 countries.
Official Dubai Site
www.dubai.com
Up to date information on Dubai
Price comparisons
www.pricegrabber.com
Source for product reviews and price comparisons
For Fun
www.jibjab.com
Articles on Dubai and Japan and the 2005 World Expo.