UVM Libraries

Government Information

Patent and Trademark Information

The Vermont Patent & Trademark Depository Library (VPTDL), designated by the Patent & Trademark Office (PTO) in November 1996, is free and open to the public. The VPTDL is located in the Bailey/Howe Library Documents Collection.

Patents

• Google Patent Search
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
• USPTO Patent Search
• Independent Inventor Resources (USPTO)
• InventVermont
• Canadian Patent Office
• European Patent Office
• International Patent Offices
• Patent & Intellectual Property Resources (British library)
• Trilateral Web Site (Japanese & European Patent Offices and U.S.P.T.O.)

Trademarks

• Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
• USPTO Trademark Information
• U.S. State Trademark Agencies & Databases
• Vermont Trademark Search
• Canadian Trademark Office

Copyright

• U.S. Copyright Office
• Copyright Clearance Center (CCC)
• Copyright Crash Course (University of Texas System)
• Copyright and Fair Use (Stanford University)
• Canadian Copy-rights Office

Intellectual Property (General)

• World Intellectual Property Organization