Useful Websites

North American Resources

• Association of University Technology Managers - www.autm.net
• intelprop American bar Association- Intellectual Property law- www.abanet.org/intelprop
• American Intellectual property law Association- www.aipla.org
• Association of University Research Parks- www.aurp.net
• "BIO" (Biotechnology Industry organization)- www.bio.org
• Business Software Alliance (BSA): www.bsa.org
• Canadian Bar Association - www.cba.org
• Council on Governmental Relations (COGR) - www.cogr.edu
• EDGAR- www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml
• Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer- www.federallabs.org
• Federal partners in Technology Transfer- www.fptt-pftt.gc.ca
• Licensing Executives Society International - www.lesi.org
• Industrial Research Institute: www.iriinc.org
• National Association of Seed and Venture Funds - www.nasvf.org
• National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA) - www.ncura.edu
• National Research Council (Canada) - www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/
• National Business Incubation Association - www.nbia.org
• SSTI - www.ssti.org - SSTI is a national non-profit organization dedicated to improving government-industry programs that encourage economic growth through the application of science and technology
• Small Business Development Centers - www.sba.gov/sbdc/
• US Copyright Office- www.copyright.gov
• US Federal Communications Commission- www.fcc.gov
• US Federal Trade Commission - www.ftc.gov
• US Library of Congress: www.loc.gov
• US National institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) - www.nist.gov
• US Patent and Trademarks Office (USPTO) - www.uspto.gov
• Thomas - www.thomas.loc.gov: Legislative Information on the Internet

European Resources

• Association of European Science & Technology Transfer Professionals - www.astp.net: With the field of technology transfer growing rapidly, European Professionals in Transfer of Science & Technology have had an increasing need for a platform to meet and share experiences on a regular basis. The initiative of a multinational group of professionals resulted in the establishment of the non-profit Association of European Science & Technology Transfer Professionals on 31 December 1999
• Association for University Research and Industry Links- http://www.auril.org.uk AURIL is the professional association representing all practitioners involved in knowledge creation, development and exchange in the UK who work to ensure that new ideas, technologies and innovations flow from their institution into the market place. It is the largest knowledge transfer association in Europe, with more than 1600 members from universities, NHS Trusts and public sector research establishments
• Community Research & Development Information Service (CORDIS) - cordis.europa.eu/home_en.html
• Department of Trade and Industry - https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-trade-and-industry
• European Association of Research Managers and Administrators- www.earma.org: European Association of Research Managers and Administrators. Our Members represent public and private research organisations from over 30 countries across Europe
• European Patent Office - http://www.european-patent-office.org
• ProTon Europe: www.proton-europe.org- ProTon Europe is a pan-European network of Technology Offices linked to Public Research Organisations and Universities. It is supported by the European Commission as part of its Gate2Growth Initiative
• Reseau Curie: http://www.curie.asso.fr - Fondé en 1991, le réseau de Coopération des services Universitaires de Relations Industrielles et Economiques est une association française de type loi 1901, qui regroupe plus de 200 personnes, de profil scientifique et technologique, juridique ou commercial, chargées de la valorisation de la recherche dans environ 80 institutions membres (Universités, Ecoles, Instituts, organismes de recherche,...)

International

• International Energy Agency - http://www.iea.org
• Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) - http://www.oecd.org ; http://www.oecd.int
• OECD Observer - http://www.oecdobserver.org
• United Nations Industrial Development Organization UNIDO) - http://www.wipo.int/portal/index.html.en
• World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) - http://www.wipo.int/portal/index.html.en

General resources:

• Biospace - http://www.biospace.com
• Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical News - http://www.bio.com
• IEEE - http://www.ieee.org
• Institute of Physics - http://www.iop.org
• Pubmed Central Homepage - http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov
• Chartered Financial Analysts Institute - http://www.cfainstitute.org - CFA Institute is an international, non profit organization of more than 70,000 investment practitioners and educators in over 100 countries.
• Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) - http://www.fasb.org
• Financial Executives international (FEI) - http://www.fei.org
• Securities Industry Association (SIA) - http://www.sia.org