Art and Design Sources

Google Patents indexes patents and patent applications with full text from 17 patent offices, including: United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), European Patent Office (EPO), China's National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA), Japan Patent Office (JPO), Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO), World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt (DPMA), Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO), Russia, UK, France, Spain, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands.

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is the federal agency for granting U.S. patents and registering trademarks.

The Advertising & Design Club of Canada is a non-profit, non-political group dedicated to encouraging excellence in Canadian advertising and design. The Club's overall goals are simply these: to inspire creativity, to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas, to forge a sense of community and integrity among advertising and design professionals.

AIGA, the professional association for design, stimulates thinking about design, demonstrates the value of design and empowers the success of designers at each stage of their careers.

ADC’s mission is to connect, provoke and elevate.

CAPIC is the collective voice and advocate for professional photographers, illustrators, and digital artists in Canada.

For more than half a century, the Packaging Association of Canada has united the design, supply and use sectors of the packaging industry as a pre-emptive, pro-active, co-operative force to address trade competitiveness, environmental and other industry concerns