Intellectual Property Resources

A toolkit of useful websites to explore

These helpful links provide inventors and businesses with information about the patent, trademark and copyright processes in the United States and in foreign countries. Please note, the following links will exit you from the law firm's website and you will be re-directed to a third-party website.

• U.S. Copyright Office
• U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
• World Intellectual Property Organization
• European Patent Office
• American Intellectual Property Law
• Chinese Patent Office
• European Patent Office
• Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property
• International Trademark Association
• U.S. International Trade Commission
• United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• U.S. Patent Litigation Statistics

Invention Development and Prototyping

• Polyhistor international, inc.

Patent Law

• Title 35 of U.S.C.
• Title 37 of C.F.R. (Patent)
• MPEP Part 1
• MPEP Part 2

International Materials

• ITC Rules of Practice

Trademark Law

• The Lanham Act
• Title 37 C.F.R. (Trademark)
• TMEP & TBMP

These funding and financing resources provide helpful information about how to start and fund a new business or manufacture a new product.  These sites can also help you learn more about government grants and loans.

• U.S. Small Business Administration Office
• ThomasNet

Mr. Najafi has provided some answers to frequently asked questions about patent, trademark and copyright law below.  These answers are for general information purposes only and do not constitute legal advice.  Please contact Mr. Najafi to discuss the specific facts of your case.

• Patent FAQs
• Copyright FAQs
• Trademark FAQs