Intellectual Property Resources

General

• New England Law’s Business Law Center Intellectual Property Institute - http://www.nesl.edu/centers/cbl_intellectual.cfm
• Careers in Intellectual Property Law - http://www.piercelaw.edu/ip/careers.php from Franklin Pierce Law Center, geared towards patent law
• Careers: Patent Law Preparation - http://www.abanet.org/intelprop/patentprep.html
• Patent Bar Exam Information – http://www.patentlawportal.com/patent-attorney/education/scienceeng/patentbar.html

Government 

• Copyright Office: http://www.copyright.gov/

• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office http://www.uspto.gov/
• World Intellectual Property Organization: http://www.wipo.org 

Organizations 

• American Intellectual Property Law Association: http://www.aipla.org/

• Copyright Clearance Center: http://www.copyright.com
• Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org
• Electronic Frontier Foundation http://www.eff.org 

Bar Associations 

• American Bar Association – Intellectual Property Section http://www.abanet.org/intelprop/
• Boston Bar Association – Intellectual Property Section http://www.bostonbar.org/sc/ip/index.htm
• Boston Patent Bar Association http://www.bpla.org/index.php?go=home 

Student Competitions. 

• List of Student Writing competitions http://faculty.law.pitt.edu/madison/ipprogram/competitions.htm
• AIPLA list of student competitions and awards http://www.aipla.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Student_Center/Competition_and_Awards/Competition_and_Awards.htm 

Blogs 

• http://www.intellectualpropertylawblog.com/
• http://www.theiplawblog.com/
• PatentlyO: http://www.patentlyo.com/
• IP Watchdog: http://www.IPWatchdog.com
• IPKat: http://ipkitten.blogspot.com 

Continuing Legal Education 

• American Intellectual Property Law Association CLE page: http://www.aipla.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Publications/CLE/AIPLA_CLE_Info.htm 

• PLI’s Patent Bar Center – PLI’s Patent Law Center – http://www.pli.edu/patentcenter/ including information on CLE and Patent Bar Review