IPR Toolkit - Key Links

U.S. Intellectual Property web sites

Business.gov. Copyright, Patent, and Trademark
http://www.business.gov/topics/business_laws/copyright_patents/index.html

United States Copyright Office
http://www.copyright.gov/

United States Patent and Trademark Office
http://www.uspto.gov/

United States Trade Representative
http://www.ustr.gov/Trade_Sectors/Intellectual_Property/Section_Index.html

U.S: Copyright Office
http://www.copyright.gov/

Strategy Targeting Organized Piracy
http://www.stopfakes.gov/

Mexican Intellectual Property web sites

Centro Mexicano de Protección y Fomento de los Derechos de Autor, SGC. (CEMPRO)
http://www.cempro.com.mx/cempro2/

Instituto Mexicano de la Propiedad Industrial
http://www.impi.gob.mx/impi/jsp/indice.jsp

Acerca de la propiedad intelectual
http://www.wipo.int/about-ip/es/

Ley Federal del Derecho de Autor
http://www.cddhcu.gob.mx/leyinfo/pdf/122.pdf

Reglamento de la Ley Federal del Derecho de Autor
http://www.diputados.gob.mx/leyinfo/regla/Reg_LFDA.pdf

Ley de la Propiedad Industrial
http://www.cddhcu.gob.mx/leyinfo/pdf/50.pdf

Reglamento de la Ley de la Propiedad Industrial
http://www.diputados.gob.mx/leyinfo/regla/Reg_LPI.pdf

International Intellectual Property web sites

Business Software Alliance
http://www.bsa.org/

Inter-American Association of Industrial Property (ASIPI)
http://www.asipi.org/

International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
http://www.iccwbo.org/

International Federation of Industrial Property Attorneys (FICPI)
http://www.ficpi.org

International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organizations
http://www.ifrro.org/

International Trademark Association (INTA)
http://www.inta.org/

Organización Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual
http://www.wipo.int/index.html.es

The Software & Information Industry Association
http://www.siia.net/

Reports

Acerca de la propiedad intelectual
http://www.wipo.int/about-ip/es/

Collection of papers on Intellectual Property. Compiled by WIPO Worldwide Academy, 2001
http://www.wipo.int/academy/en/publications/Coll_of_documents_on_IP/toc_web.htm

Copyright Industries in the U.S economy: The 2004 Report. International Intellectual Property Alliance, 2004
http://www.iipa.com/pdf/2004_SIWEK_FULL.pdf

Global Software Piracy Study. Business Software Alliance, 2004
http://www.bsa.org/globalstudy/

Introducción a los derechos de la propiedad intelectual. Departamento de Estado, Programas de Información Internacional.
http://usinfo.state.gov/espanol/ipr/

Intellectual Property: Industry and agency concerns over Intellectual Property Rights. GAO May 10, 2002.
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d02723t.pdf

Intellectual Property: U.S. efforts have contributed to strengthened laws overseas, but challenges remain. GAO, September 23, 2004.
http://reform.house.gov/UploadedFiles/GAO%20-%20Yager%20Testimony.pdf

La propiedad intelectual en el mercado mundial. Perspectivas Económicas. Publicación electrónica del Servicio Informativo y Cultural de Estados Unidos, volumen 3, número 3, mayo de 1998.
http://usinfo.state.gov/journals/ites/0598/ijes/ijes0598.htm

United States Trade Representative. Intellectual Property Special 301 Report
http://www.ustr.gov/Document_Library/Reports_Publications/2004/2004_Special_301/Section_Index.html

Magazine Articles
*Full texts of these articles are available upon request from the Benjamin Franklin Library

Barr, Katherine. Intellectual property crimes. Survey of White Collar Crime. American Criminal Law Review Spring 2003 v40 i2 p771(53)

Chiang., Eric P. Determinants of cross-border intellectual property rights enforcement: the role of trade sanctions. Southern Economic Journal Oct 2004 v71 i2 p424(17)

Coffin, Bill Fighting the global scourge of IP theft. (intellectual property). Risk Management July 2004 v51 i7 p44(1)

Drug patent, price disputes could hamper FTAA approval. (Free Trade Area of the Americas) Miami Daily Business Review April 26, 2004 v78 i222

Howard C. Anawalt, Howard C. International intellectual property, progress, and the rule of law. Santa Clara Computer & High Technology Law Journal May 2003 v19 i2 p383-405

Knapp, Inti Linkletter. The software piracy battle in Latin America: should the United States pursue its aggressive bilateral trade policy despite the multilateral trips enforcement framework? Journal of International Economic Law, Spring, 2000

Kryzda, Bill F. Overview of Recent Changes in Mexican Industrial Property Law and the Enforcement of Rights by the Relevant Government Authorities. Arizona Journal of International and Comparative Law; Winter, 2000

Maskus, Keith E. Intellectual property challenges in the next century: intellectual property challenges for developing countries; an economic perspective. University of Illinois Law Review, 2001

Matsushita, Mitsuo. Governance of international trade under World Trade Organization agreements--relationships between World Trade Organization agreements and other trade agreements. Journal of World Trade (Law-Economics-Public Policy) April 2004 v38 i2 p185(26)

Nafziger, James A.R. NAFTA's regime for intellectual property: in the mainstream of public international law. (International Law in the Americas: Rethinking National Sovereignty in an Age of Regional Integration). Houston Journal of International Law Spring 1997 v19 n3 p807-828

Swanson, Tait R. Combating gray market goods in a global market: comparative analysis of intellectual property laws and recommended strategies. Duke Law & Technology Review, June 3, 2002

U.S. chamber of commerce decries $250 billion in counterfeit trade. (Intellectual Property Rights). MSI June 2004 v22 i6 p28(1)