What are Copyrights, Patents, & Trade Secrets?

• The Only Official Web Site for the United States Patent and Trademark Office (NEW) U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
• United States Copyright Office (NEW) The Library of Congress
• Ladas & Parry guide to statutory protection for computer software in the United States: copyright protection Ladas & Parry
• Trade secret protection David B. Himelstein, Attorney at Law 
• Copyrighting software David B. Himelstein, Attorney at Law       

• World Intellectual Property Organization (NEW)"   Dr. Kamil Idris
• Copyright, Patent, Trade Secret and Technology Bills in U.S Congress (NEW) Jeffrey R. Kuester

• A Primer on the Ethics of "Intellectual Property"   Ram Samudrala
• Trade secret protection David B. Himelstein, Attorney at Law

User-Interface Copyright

• User Interface Copyright - League for Programming Freedom (LPF)
• Lotus Development Corporation v. Borland International, Inc. Text of the Court of Appeals decision

• The Lotus v. Borland case 
• Lotus Development Corporation v. Borland International, Inc. Text of the Court of Appeals decision 

Patent Cases

• Amazon.com v. BarnesAndNoble.com - February 14, 2001 - Federal Circuit Vacating PI for "One-Click" Patent  

Examples of questionable copyrights

• Apple loses CyberLaw