Search Patents

www.google.com/patents

United States Patent and Trademark Office

www.uspto.gov

MINNESOTA

Minnesota Statutes, Rules, and Laws are accessible either by table of contents, keyword search, or various internal cross-referencing.  Trademarks are addressed in Section 333, and trade secrets are addressed in section 325C.  

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/pubs/

Minnesota Cases keyword search:

http://search.state.mn.us/lawlibrary/index.html?ql=a&charset=iso-8859-1

The Minnesota Judicial Branch Website has a lot of valuable information.  Forms are available for download, district and appellate court’s computer databases are accessible, lawyer registration checks, contact information for all State Courts, and much more.  

http://www.courts.state.mn.us/

The Secretary of States office has various information for businesses, including State Trademark registration applications.

http://www.sos.state.mn.us/home/index.asp

Federal District Court for the State of Minnesota:

http://www.mnd.uscourts.gov/

NORTH DAKOTA

North Dakota’s legal materials are well organized at the Supreme Court’s website.  From this site you can access statutes, rules, lawyer information and much more. 

http://www.court.state.nd.us/

Federal District Court for the State of North Dakota:

http://www.ndd.uscourts.gov/