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Intellectual Property

Information on Copyright and Intellectual Property
Copyright information for the Johns Hopkins community.
Copyright and Interlibrary Loan
General information on library copying as it relates to interlibrary loan.
U. S. Copyright Office
General information and publications.
Copyright Clearance Center Online
Provides authorized users with a lawful means for making photocopies from its repertoire of more than 1.75 million titles.
Copyright Management Center
Offers guidance on fair use, distance learning, multimedia, and more; links to an interactive form for registering copyright and to legal resources on the subject.
Copyright and Fair Use
Searchable site providing extensive coverage of current legislation, cases, and issues, among other topics; sponsored by the Council on Library Resources, FindLaw Internet Legal Resources, and Stanford University Libraries and Academic Information Resources.
Information Issues and Policy (MLA)
When Works Pass into the Public Domain
Chart prepared by Laura Gasaway itemizing date of work (6 options), the work's effective date of copyright protection, and the term of its protection

Licensing Agreements

Liblicense: Licensing Digital Information
Comprehensive analysis of licensing agreements for digital information provided by Yale University Library; includes definitions of words and phrases commonly found in licensing agreements, examples of publishers' licenses, and more

U. S. Patent and Trademark Office
Offers searches of databases of patents, as well as general information for newcomers to patents and trademarks

Updated 3/22/2008