RESOURCES

FAU Resources

• Tech Transfer Homepage

• FAU Libraries Copyright Policies

• FAU Intellectual Property Policy

• Library eDatabases and Collections

Funding Resources

• Community of Science

• Grants.gov

• Foundation Center

• Proposal Writing Resources

• Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR/STTR)

General IP & University Technology Transfer

• IP Overview

• Patent and trademark glossary

• General IP Glossary

• BitLaw - comprehensive  resource on technology and intellectual property law

• Association of University Technology Managers

• Licensing Executives Society

• Inventor Resource (UK)

Patents

• USPTO Patent Search

• Free Patents Online (searches US patents only, but allows patent images to be downloaded as a single pdf document)

• European Patent Office Search (best search engine for worldwide patents)

• World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO PCT searches only)

• IP Office of Singapore (meta-search of major world patent databases, including Japan, China, Taiwan and Korea)

Copyrights

• U.S. Copyright Office Search (for registrations from 1978-present)

• Copyright Renewal Database Search (of particular use for books published between 1923-1964, where a renewal was required to prevent expiration, and for renewals from 1950-1977, which are not searchable in the US Copyright database)

• U.S. Copyright Law

• Copyright Clearance Center

• Copyrights for Educators

• Fair Use & Copyrights

• Crash course in copyrights

Trademarks

• U.S. Trademarks Search

• International Trademark search engines (WIPO and selected countries)

Area Business Links (non-FAU)

• Area Chambers of Commerce
  • Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce
  • Deerfield Beach Chamber of Commerce
• Boca Raton, City of
• Business Development Board of Palm Beach County
• Business news
  • South Florida Business Journal
  • Boca Raton News
• Enterprise Development Corporation of South Florida
• Internet Coast
• Research Parks
  • Florida Atlantic Research and Development Park
  • Technology Business Incubator