
United States Patent and Trademark Office (online database of patents and federal trademark registrations and related background information)
http://www.uspto.gov
United States Copyright Office
http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright
World Intellectual Property Organization
http://www.wipo.org
The European Patent Office
http://www.epo.org/patents.html
US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (the court that hears appeals from district courts in patent cases and appeals from the Patent and Trademark Office)
http://www.cafc.uscourts.gov/
The Patent Act: Title 35 United States Code
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/35/
The Copyright Act: Title 17 United States Code
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/
The Lanham Act: Title 15 United States Code (trademark, unfair competition, dilution, and false advertising)
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/15/ch3.html