Business Owner's Manual

Additional Library Resources

The Science, Industry, and Business Library (SIBL) is a U.S. Depository Patent Library. Microforms of older patents are available in the Quade Microforms Room, located on the library's lower level. The library receives The Official Gazette, a publication that contains abstracts of U.S. patents, and it is also available in the Quade Microforms Room. The latest 10 years are available in print, and the full collection of SIBL's holdings , 1872 to the present, are available on microfilm. Free public classes on patent and trademark searching are also offered at SIBL. Copies of the upcoming class schedule are available at the library or from SIBL's Training Center.

Print Resources

How to Register Your Own Trademark

The Entrepreneur's Guide: to Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks, Trade Secrets, and Licensing

Trademark: Legal Care for Your Business & Product Name

Patent It Yourself

Inventor's Guide to Law, Business and Taxes

The Copyright Handbook: How to Protect & Use Written Works

Electronic Resources

CASSIS Database

Selected Internet Resources

United States Patent and Trademark Office