Resources & Sites of Interest for
Today's Innovators

Intellectual Property Resources

General

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
www.uspto.gov

World Intellectual Property Organization
www.wipo.int

Patent Law

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office - Patents
www.uspto.gov

The European Patent Office
www.epo.org

World Intellectual Property Organization – Patents Gateway
www.wipo.int/patentscope

Free Patents On-Line
www.freepatentsonline.com

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Copyright Law

Library of Congress
www.loc.gov

U.S. Copyright Office
www.copyright.gov

World Intellectual Property Organization – Copyright Gateway
www.wipo.int/copyright

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Trademarks

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office - Trademarks
www.uspto.gov/main/trademarks.htm

World Intellectual Property Organization – Trademarks Gateway
www.wipo.int/trademarks

Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs
www.wipo.int/hague

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Internet & E-Commerce Resources

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
www.icann.org

Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy
www.icann.org/udrp

Domain name Searching - Whois
www.whois.net

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Music & Entertainment Resources and Sources of Information

Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI)
www.bmi.com

The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
www.ascap.com

Music Publisher’s Association of the United States
www.mpa.org

Writers Guild of America, East
www.wgaeast.org

Writers Guild of America, West
www.wga.org

American Society of Media Photographers
www.asmp.org

Screen Actors GuildThe Actors’ Equity Association
www.actorsequity.org

The Producers Guild of America
www.producersguild.org

Directors Guild of America
www.dga.org

Motion Picture Association of America
www.mpaa.org

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Business Resources

National/Federal

U.S. Department of Commerce
www.commerce.gov

U.S. Small Business Administration
www.sba.gov

Internal Revenue Service
www.irs.gov

U.S. Census Bureau
www.census.gov

Better Business Bureau
www.bbb.org

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Ohio

Ohio Department of Commerce
www.com.ohio.gov

Ohio Secretary of State
www.sos.state.oh.us

Ohio Department Taxation
www.tax.ohio.gov"

City of Cincinnati Department of Finance
www.cincinnati-oh.gov/cityfinance

City of Dayton Department of Finance
www.cityofdayton.org

City of Columbus Department of Finance
www.finance.columbus.gov

City of Cleveland Department of Finance
www.city.cleveland.oh.us/government

Ohio Chamber of Commerce
www.ohiochamber.com

Dayton Chamber of Commerce
www.daytonchamber.com

Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce
www.gccc.org

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Kentucky

Kentucky Department of Commerce
www.commerce.gov/states/kentucky.html

Kentucky Secretary of State
www.sos.ky.gov

Kentucky Department of Revenue
www.revenue.ky.gov

Indiana

Indiana Department of Commerce
www.indianafind.com

Indiana Secretary of State
www.in.gov/sos

Indiana Department of Revenue
www.in.gov/dor

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New York

New York Business Resources
www.nysegov.com

New York Secretary of State
www.dos.state.ny.us

New York Department of Taxation and Finance
www.tax.state.ny.us

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