SuperLinux Encyclopedia - Law

Also see Copyrights, Trademarks, Licencing, Politics, Gov.Agencies

Misc:

• Home Recording Rights Coalition
• Hotlinking and Framing Pitfalls "How to avoid getting sued."
• How to collect on WA email law violations
• WAISP registry - Washington Association of Internet Service Providers registry (of WA e-mail addresses)
• "Law on The Electronic Frontier"
• Nolo Law's Patent, Copyright & Trademark page
• Juris Diction "The Latest Word on the Law on the Internet" (looks like a great source)
• The Technology Law Bulletin (law articles at Lucash, Gesmer & Updegrove, LLP)
• Computer Law++
• WalkerChandler.com  Lawyer with some interesting stuff to read.
• Berkman Center for Law & Society  At Harvard Law School; some interesting treatises.
• Scary Stories:
  • Marc Perkel's site  Much interesting stuff here, including "why to not get married".

Intellectual Property, general subject:

• Intellectual Property Law Web Server at patents.com  Good stuff here.
• Law Library at Carolina Patents (with IP and Sci/Engr sections)
• Intellectual Property (excellent article at Sep'98 Atlantic Monthly)
• Ask Slashdot: IP and Patent Law Questions
• Intellectual Property In Cyberspace  An intro. Very nice intro to the intro.

Patents:

• USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office)
• IBM Patent Server or here.
• Examples of Software Patents (some famous/important; with Patent Numbers; very scary)
• The League for Programming Freedom  Has info on patent issues.
• Physics Web's Patent page   With related links. Good.
• Software Patents
• STO's Internet Patent Search System
• FreePatents.org  Promotes continuation of SW patent-free Europe.
• SOFTWARE PATENTS: AN INDUSTRY AT RISK  Large, detailed doc at the LPF.
• Against Software Patents  At the LPF.

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