LESLIE BERMAN
Attorney at Law

Copyright & Trademark Links

• Library of Congress Copyright Office. Has information, application forms, schedule of fees for online and mail in registration of copyrights.
  
  
• US Patent and Trademark Office. Has searchable database of registered trademarks and service marks, updated trademark and patent laws, application forms, schedule of fees for registering trademarks.
  
  
• Amazon.com carries Randall Wixen's The Plain and Simple Guide to Music Publishing . This is the only book you will ever need to learn how to publish your own music and to legally and simply license the music of others.
  
  
• Creative Commons. Facilitators of a copyright alternative, with many supporters, especially among the scientific and internet programming community.
  
  
• Gnu.org carries writings of Richard Stallman on "copy left" — recommending sharing and free use of software.