USEFUL LINKS FOR THE PRACTICE OF ENTERTAINMENT,
ART AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW
Government
Federal Circuit
www.fedcir.gov
Federal Trade Commission
www.ftc.gov
Texas Commission on the Arts
http://www.arts.state.tx.us
Texas Film Commission
http://www.governor.state.tx.us/divisions/film
Texas Music Office
http://www.governor.state.tx.us/music
United States Copyright Office
www.loc.gov/copyright
United States Patent and Trademark Office
www.uspto.gov
United States Trade Representative
www.ustr.gov/sectors/intellectual.shtml
Legislative
thomas.loc.gov
www.house.gov/judiciary
Scholarly & Research
Bureau of National Affairs
http://www.bna.com/
FindLaw
www.findlaw.com/01topics/23intellectprop
Franklin Pierce Intellectual Property Mall
www.ipmall.fplc.edu/
Intellectual Property Law Server
www.intelproplaw.com
IP Law Practice Center
http://www.law.com/jsp/pc/iplaw.jsp
IP News from Questel Orbit
www.questel.orbit.com
Kohn on Music Licensing
www.kohnmusic.com
MegaLaw
www.megalaw.com/top/intellectual.php
QuickLinks: Daily Update on IP and Internet Law
www.qlinks.net/quicklinks/index.shtml
Stanford University Libraries
http://fairuse.stanford.edu/
The Center for Popular Music (MTSU)
http://popmusic.mtsu.edu/research.html#top
The John Marshall Law School - Review of Intellectual Property Law
www.jmls.edu/ripl
International
European Patent Office
www.european-patent-office.org
Japanese Patent Office
www.jpo.go.jp
United Kingdom Copyright Office
www.hmso.gov.uk/copyhome.htm
United Kingdom Patent Office
www.ukpats.org.uk
World Intellectual Property Organization
www.wipo.org
World Trade Organization
www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/trips_e/trips_e.htm
Interest Groups
American Bar Association – Section of Intellectual Property Law
http://www.abanet.org/intelprop/
www.aipla.org
American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers
www.ascap.com
Broadcast Music International
www.bmi.com
Computer Law Association
www.cla.org
Film Music (Online Magazine)
http://www.filmmusicmag.comIntellectual Property Owner’s Association
www.ipo.org
International Trademark Association
www.inta.org
Links to music publishers and record labels
http://www.writerswrite.com/songwriting/markets.htm
Motion Picture Association of America
www.mpaa.org
National Music Publisher’s Association/Harry Fox
www.nmpa.org
Recording Industry Association of America
www.riaa.org
SESAC
www.sesac.com
Software and Information Industry Association
www.siia.net
Song Rights: Legal Aspects of Songwriting
http://www.songrights.com/songrights/
Texas Accountants & Lawyers for the Arts (TALA)
www.talarts.org