International Websites

Intellectual Property and International Trade. Australian Government Department Foreign Affairs and Trade. 28 Aug. 2008 http://www.dfat.gov.au/ip/.

This site showed a different view of intellectual property. It is important to see how other countries view this field. According to this Web site, the field of intellectual property in Australia is valued at around $30 billion. Even though that seems like such a great deal of revenue, it is amazing to know that that is just a fraction of the value of intellectual property in the United States. With most of the top movie studios grossing over $1 billion per year, along with the top studios in other fields, the United States makes a great deal of money from intellectual property. This site also explores into the details of the exploitation of intellectual property. Protecting one's property is a big issue for the government with the convenience of being able to just take the property without having to pay for it.

International Intellectual Property Institute. 28 Aug. 2008 http://www.iipi.org/index.asp.

I found this site to be quite "all-encompassing" when it comes to international intellectual property law. It covers every region of the globe, from Africa to Asia and back to the United States. Any news that is relevant, pertaining to intellectual property, will be presented on this site. I also like that it covers every distinguishable area of intellectual property law as well. It has topics ranging from arts and entertainment to news in the medical field. Within each region, you are introduced to workshops and events that are taking place to further the field of learning in intellectual property law. The main goal for this site is for the world to work in unison in regards to intellectual property in order to reach economic sustainability in the field for all people.