Intellectual Property Resources

General Intellectual Property Resources


 * U.S. State Dept Page: What is Intellectual Property?


 * Table from Berkeley with types of intellectual property and their characteristics


 * Northwestern University: Types of IP


 * YouTube Video of a U.S. Patent Attorney's talk about Types of IP


 * Trade Dress Basics (an element of trademark law)


 * SI 519/PubPol 688: Intellectual Property and Information Law (dScribed Fall 08)

Open.Michigan Copyright Resources


 * Copyright Jeopardy ([[Media:OpenMichiganCopyrightJeopardy.ppt|PPT]])


 * Casebook of content object examples


 * Fair use exploration project

Links to Other Copyright Resources

Copyright Overviews


 * Copyright Comic - Duke University


 * Copyright Basics - University of Michigan


 * Copyright Basics - U.S. Copyright Office


 * Dutch website on Copyright in Higher Education


 * JISC Copyright Toolbox

Fair Use


 * fair use: four factors - Stanford


 * Berkman Center: Fair Use - Harvard


 * Center for Social Media: Fair Use - American University


 * Copyright Advisory Network - Fair Use Evaluator

Amusing videos on copyright - good conversation starters


 * Creative Commons: Why You Should Share: http://creativecommons.org/videos/a-shared-culture
 * Fair(y) Use: http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/documentary-film-program/film/a-fair-y-use-tale (10 min)
 * Copyright, What's Copyright? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QiO_H0-ok8
 * What is the Purpose of Copyright? Interviews w/ passersby in Chicago http://www.questioncopyright.org/node/10
 * "User Rights, Section 107 Music Video", Media Education Lab at Temple University http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tWhKeb-fUQ
 * Weasel Televisual Enterprises (WTE) - "a mix of educational videos aimed at librarians, information scientists and library readers."
 * Librarian's Guide to...Understanding Academic Copyright (with puppets): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7giW7efQggo

Public Domain


 * Public Domain slider - American Library Association (ALA)