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How To's | News | Features | Copyright Useful Web Sites | Distributor Networking Search When, why and how to use them; searching for them on the Internet; patent and trademark news and features from DMIA publications, useful web sites.   How To's "10 Tips for New Product Development" Print Solutions Magazine, January 2002 "How to Apply for Patents and Trademarks" IMR, April 1999 "When, Why and How to Use Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks" Print Solutions Magazine, July 1991 Overview of Patents from the Business Forms Handbook Overview of Copyrights from the Business Forms Handbook Finding Patents on the Internet A helpful Web site IMR, May 26, 1997   News "Patent Lawsuit Appealed" Moore appeals summary judgment granted to SR. IMR, June 29, 1998 "Trademark Trouble" Pennsylvania distributor changes name over trademark dispute. IMR, Nov. 24, 1997 "Moore's Pressure Seal Patent Claims Dismissed in Virginia Court" The continuing saga of lawsuits involving pressure seal mailers. IMR, May 26, 1998 "Moore, Champion Settle Patent Infringement Case" Discusses patent case involving pressure seal mailers. IMR, March 30, 1998 "Standard Register Enforces Patent" SR enforces patent on tuck label. IMR, March 26, 1996   Features "Patently Successful" Profile of Dick Ipsen and his patent on a form construction for automobile dealers. Print Solutions Magazine, May 1994 "FLIP-N-RITE: The Patented Form" The story of Gary Thompson's patented form. Print Solutions Magazine, Feb. 1989 "Unraveling the Mailer Mystique" Includes interview with a distributor who filed for a patent on a mailer construction. Print Solutions Magazine, August 1989   Copyright "Copyrighting a Form" Information from the U.S. Copyright Office.   Useful Web Sites U.S. Patent Law (excerpts from the U.S. Code) U.S. Patent and Trademark Office U.S. Copyright Office (Registration and Information) Users can download "Circular 32—Blank Forms and Other Works NOT Protected by Copyright"   Help from DMIA's Distributor Networking Database Here are instructions on using the Distributor Networking Database to find distributors who have answered yes to the question: Have you ever received a patent on a form of your design? Click on Distributor Networking Search. Click on "Search all 101 Questions" to view every question in the database, or click on the "Legal" button and "Search by Topic." This loads all of the legal questions from the Networking survey. Scroll down to Question 94 and click on the box next to the question. When you click on the box next to a question, a check mark appears. Click on the "Submit Search" button to find a list of everyone in the database who answered "yes" to that question. If you click on multiple questions, you'll get "hits" only from those who answered yes to all of the boxes you selected. You may search among distributor companies of a particular size by clicking on one or more sales volume category buttons. To remove a check mark from a box, click on it again. The responses show you the company name, size, city and state, email address and phone number. By clicking on the company name, you can see the company's address, contact name, fax and toll-free numbers, web address and email address.