Intellectual Property Law Research
November 2005

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Books

Library Catalog

To search for books, journals, and audiovisual materials held by William & Mary libraries, use the LION catalog.

Search Tips:

Subject Queries--

• Competition, Unfair
  
• Copyright
  
• Intellectual Property
  
• Patent Laws and Legislation
  
• Trade Secrets
  
• Trademarks

Library of Congress Call Numbers for Intellectual Property (including copyright, patents, trademarks, trade secrets, and unfair competition): KF 2973-3197. Browse the shelves under these call numbers to locate relevant treatises.

To search for materials from other libraries, use the Worldcat database on FirstSearch.

Other Libraries - Links to other libraries and library catalogs available through the web


Selected Treatises

Altman, Louis. Callmann on Unfair Competition, Trademarks, and Monopolies.
KF1609 .C332
Westlaw: CALLMANN

Chanin, Leah, ed. Specialized Legal Research.
Ref. KF240 .S64

Chisum, Donald. Chisum on Patents.
KF3110 .C4
Lexis: PATENT;CHISUM

Gilson, Jerome. Trademark Protection and Practice.
KF3180 .G54
Lexis: TRDMRK;GILSON

Goldstein, Paul. Copyright.
KF2979 .G63

Jager, Melvin. Trade Secrets Law.
KF3197 .J34

Lipscomb, Ernest. Lipscomb’s Walker on Patents.
KF3114 .L5

McCarthy, Thomas. McCarthy on Trademarks and Unfair Competition.
KF3180 .M29
Westlaw: MCCARTHY

Milgrim, Roger. Trade Secrets.
KF3197 .A6M5
Lexis: TRDMRK;MILGRIM

Nimmer, Melville. Nimmer on Copyright.
KF2994 .N5
Lexis: COPYRT;NIMMER

Patry, William. Copyright Law and Practice.
KF2994 .P35

Practising Law Institute. Patent, Copyrights Trademarks and Literary Property Course Series.
KF2979 .A2N49 no. 405-406
Westlaw: PLI




Journal Articles


Indexes to Journal Articles

Legal Trac 

Subject Queries--

• Unfair Competition (commerce)
  
• Copyright
  
• Fair Use (copyright)
  
• Intellectual Property
  
• Patents
  
• Trade Secrets
  
• Trademarks
  
• Unfair Competition (commerce)
  

Indexes articles from more than 850 legal journals, bar association publications, law reviews, and legal newspapers. Includes book reviews.

Options for accessing this index include:

• Online: 1981-Present. Updated daily.  
• Westlaw: LRI (1980-present; contains links to full-text articles where available)
• Lexis: LEXREF;LGLIND (1977-present; updated weekly)
• Print: Current Legal Index (1980-present; updated monthly; located in Reference (Index Table))

Index to Legal Periodicals

For articles written prior to 1980, see the Index to Legal Periodicals (ILP), located in Reference (Index Table). ILP indexes articles from legal journals, bar association publications, law reviews, book reviews, and legal newspapers.


For More Information

For more information about finding law review articles, including older ones, see Locating Legal and Non-Legal Journal Articles.


Full Text Articles

Lexis

Lexis: PATENT;JPTOS
Westlaw: JPTOS (from 1994)

Trademark Reporter

Lexis: TRDMRK;TMR (from 1942)
Westlaw: TMARKR

Texas Intellectual Property Law Journal (online only)

Lexis: LAWREV;TXIPLJ (from 1992)
Westlaw: TXIPLJ (from 1992)

Looseleaf Services & Newsletters

Topical Services & Reporters

BNA Electronic Commerce and Law Report.
Monthly newsletter with recent developments from legislative, administrative and judicial branches. Emphasizes digital information policy issues. Some overlap with BNA Patent, Trademark and Copyright Journal (below).


BNA Patent, Trademark and Copyright Journal.
Weekly newsletter with legislative, administrative and judicial developments, including recent court decisions and prospective and recently enacted laws and regulations. Excellent for keeping current.

• Lexis: BNA;PTCJNL
  
• Westlaw: BNA-PTCJ
  
• BNA: Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal
  
• Print Location: Spec. Subj. KF 3091 A3B6

CCH Copyright Law Reporter.
Monthly. Federal cases (full text), statutes, regulations; proposed legislation and regulations; materials from the Copyright Office. Cases are compiled in Copyright Cases.

• Print Location: Spec. Subj. KF 2991.5 C63

Media Law Reporter.
Federal and state court decisions on media matters, which necessarily include many intellectual property issues.

• Print Location: Spec. Subj. KF 2750 A513

United States Patents Quarterly.
Cases from state and federal courts; Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks; Patent and Trademark Office Board of Appeals; U.S. International Trade Commission.

• WESTLAW: USPQ
  
• LEXIS: BNA;USPQ
  
• BNA: Intellectual Property Library (USPQ 1st and 2d series)
  
• Print Location: Spec. Subj. KF 3093 A2U6

Newsletters - General

Lexis:

• IPLTR file in COPYRT, PATENT, or TRDMRK libraries. Newsletters from Andrews Publications.
  
• IPLR file in COPYRT, PATENT, or TRDMRK libraries. Newsletters from Leader Publications and Mealey Publications.
  
• Mealey's Intellectual Property Combined Reports (IP, Patents, and Trademarks Litigation Reports)

Additional Resources

Eis, Arlene L. Legal Looseleafs in Print (published annually)
Ref. KF1 L4

Eis, Arlene L. Legal Newsletters in Print (published annually)
Ref. KF1 L44



W&M Online Databases

Lexis-Nexis  
The libraries include case law, proposed and enacted legislation, and regulations. Also include selected secondary sources, including treatises (e.g., Nimmer on Copyright; Gilson on Trademark Protection and Practice; Chisum on Patents), journal articles (e.g., the American Intellectual Property Law Association Quarterly Journal), and newsletters (e.g, BNA’s Patent, Trademark and Copyright Journal). They also include international materials, such as treaties and other agreements dealing with intellectual property and unfair competition.

• Copyright Law Library (COPYRT): Includes materials from the Copyright Office.
  
  • Legislative: COPYRT;USCS
    
  • Executive: COPYRT;ALLREG
    
  • Judicial: COPYRT:FEDCTS
  
  
  
• Patent Library (PATENT). Includes the LEXPAT Library (materials from the Patent and Trademark Office); the full text of U.S. patents from the mid-1970's; Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks decisions; Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences
  
  • Legislative: PATENT;USCS
    
  • Executive: PATENT;ALLREG
    
  • Judicial: PATENT;CASES (judicial and administrative decisions)
  
  
  
• Trademark and Unfair Competition Library (TRDMRK). Also includes state trademark and trade name registrations, and federal trademarks.
  
  • Legislative: TRDMRK; USCS
  • Executive: TRDMRK;ALLREG
  • Judicial: TRDMRK;CASES (judicial and administrative decisions)

Westlaw  

• The Federal Intellectual Property database (FIP) includes current and proposed federal legislation regulations, and court decisions; selected journal articles (e.g., Columbia-VLA Journal of Law & the Arts); and newsletters (e.g., BNA and Mealey); and special reporters such as U.S. Patents Quarterly (USPQ).
  
  
  • Legislative: FIP-USCA
    
  • Executive: FIP-CFR, FIP-FR, FIP-PTO
    
  • Judicial: FIP-CS

World Wide Web Resources

Copyright and Fair Use (Stanford University)
This site is sponsored by the Stanford University Libraries, the Council of Library Resources, and FindLaw Internet Legal Resources. Abundant information, including current and proposed legislation and regulations, court decisions, treaties and conventions, and links to other intellectual property sites.


Legal Information Institute (Cornell University)
Lots of detailed information on intellectual property issues, including an overview of patent, trademark, copyright and unfair competition law, pertinent U.S. Code and CFR provisions, the full text of important copyright cases, and links to other websites.
Patent
Trademark
Copyright


U.S. Copyright Office
Keep current with copyright. Latest developments from the courts, Congress, and the Copyright Office. National and international copyright issues. Includes Copyright Office publications designed for the experienced practitioner and the novice, including the Copyright Basics series and forms. Lots of good links.


U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
The Patent and Trademark Office is a bureau within the Department of Commerce. It’s primary service is processing patent and trademarks, and disseminating patent and trademark information.


World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
WIPO administers the Berne Convention, the most important international copyright treaty. Find and introduction to and information on international copyright issues here.




Associations

American Intellectual Property Association (AIPLA)
AIPLA is a professional association of more than 10,00 attorneys specializing in the practice of intellectual property law. AIPLA was formed to assist in improving the laws relating to intellectual property, including the study of, and comments on, amendments to the relevant laws protecting such property rights.

Association of Research Libraries (ARL)
ARL is an organization of more than 120 libraries from North American research institutions. Along with the American Association of Law Libraries, ARL is a leader in representing users rights.
Also check out the AALL (American Association of Law Libraries) site.

The Copyright Society of the USA
The Society is a center of the American copyright community for the bar, for industry, and for law schools. Its primary function is to gather, disseminate, and exchange information on the protection and use of rights in intellectual property.

Copyright Clearance Center (CCC)
CCC is a reproduction rights organization that established, on behalf of copyright owners, a licensing system to collect royalties for the copying and distribution of copyrighted materials. Like the AAP, the CCC advocates principally on behalf of copyright owners.


Other associations may be found in the Encyclopedia of Associations or Associations Unlimited.



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