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Intellectual property can be a crucial business asset. Comprehensive information on patents, trademarks, copyrights, and links to qualified intellectual property attorneys in Nebraska is provided here. Scroll down a bit further for information on the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program which, since 1982, has been a unique federal seed capital program helping thousands of small businesses in the development of new products/processes for federal and commercial markets. Finally, information for inventors is included at the bottom.

1. What are Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights?
2. USPTO-Licensed Nebraska Patent Attorneys

Trade Names & Trademarks

1. Nebraska: Trade Name Registration - application form & corporate/entity name search
2. Nebraska: Trademark Registration Act & application form
3. Nebraska: Secretary of State - Schedule of filing fees
4. Federal: Trademark Information ] [ Federal Trademark Online Application Form
5. Trademarks on the Internet ] [ International Trademark Association

Patents

1. U.S. Patent & Trademark Office ] [ Patent Information ] [ U.S. Patent FORMS
2. USPTO: Provisional Patent Application -- Provisional patent app. FAQs
3. USPTO-Licensed Nebraska Patent Attorneys
4. USPTO Patent Search ] [ UN-L Patent Library
5. Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) - Filing international patent application
6. European Patent Office (EPO)

Copyrights

1. U.S. Copyright homepage (Library of Congress) ] [ U.S. Copyright Forms
2. Copyright on the Internet, by T.G. Field, Jr. ] [ Bitlaw - Copyright Law

SBIR - Small Business Innovation Research & Other R&D Support Programs in Nebraska

1. National SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) Conferences, Federal SBIR homepages
2. SBIR and STTR programs - Federal R&D support for product & process development
3. SBIR/STTR - Frequently asked questions
4. InKnowvation - a privately operated storehouse of SBIR/STTR information
5. Nebraska SBIR Award Winners: -- Abstracts, 1983-2005 & Company web links
6. SBIR assistance: Jean Waters-NBDC/Omaha -- UN-L Technology Park
7. U.S. Dept. of Energy - Invention$ & Innovation Progra
8. ATP - 'Advanced Technology Program' - U.S. Dept. of Commerce

Inventors

1. The Inventors' Network
2. Independent Inventor Resources - from the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
3. American Inventors Protection Act of 1999
3. Nebraska Invention Development Services Disclosure Act
4. National Invention Fraud Center
5. Sample Non-Disclosure/Non-Compete Agreement
6. Nebraska Trade Secrets Act

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Nebraska Department of Economic Development
301 Centennial Mall South
P.O. Box 94666
Lincoln, NE 68509-4666
(800) 426-6505 | Fax (402) 471-3778
Richard Baier, Director