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Featured Patent Search guide
Patents and Patent Information at the MSU Libraries
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Trademark
US Patent and Trademark Office
The US Government's portal for all things Patent and Trademark-related.
Trademark Electronic Search Service
This page is the starting point for researching trademarks through the federal government.
Trademark Electronic Application System
This page is the starting point for applying for trademark.
Michigan Patent and Trademark Resource Centers
This page links to the PTRC's in Ann Arbor, Big Rapids, Detroit, and Houghton.
Copyright
US Copyright Office
The United States Copyright Office.
Stanford Copyright and Fair Use Resources
Stanford University resources on Copyright and the concept of Fair Use.
Patents
MSU Specific Databases
Nexis Uni
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A comprehensive resource for finding information on millions of U.S. and international companies as well as newspaper articles worldwide.
Derwent Innovations Index
SciFinder-n
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Focused on Chemistry patents. Sci-Finder n features "PatentPak".
Freely available for any user
Google Patent
US Patent and Trademark Office
The US Government's portal for all things Patent and Trademark-related.
USPTO Search
A list of resources for searching for patents, including basic search.
Lens.org
Lens serves global patent and scholarly knowledge as a public good to inform science and technology enabled problem solving. No account required.
Campus Intellectual Property Resources
MSU Technologies
MSU Technologies is Michigan State University's technology transfer and commercialization office.
MSU Copyright Permissions Center
The MSU Copyright Permissions Center works with faculty to ensure abidance by copyright law.
Copyright of short phrases?
This article goes in to some length about whether and when short phases can be copyrighted.
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