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Intellectual Property Resources
Introduction
The following are suggested sources that provide overviews of intellectual
property law. For more advice, see a reference librarian or call 415-422-6773.
Books
To find books on intellectual property, try searching by
“Subject” in Ignacio,
the USF online catalog. Some useful subject searches are listed below:
- Biotechnology
- Competition, Unfair
- Copyright
- Copyright - United States
- Copyright - International
- Electronic Commerce - Law and Legislation
- Intellectual Property
- Intellectual Property - United States
- Intellectual Property - International
- Internet - Law and Legislation
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Patent Laws and Legislation - United States
- Patents (International Law)
- Performing Arts - Law and Legislation
- Television Law
- Trade Secrets - United States
- Trademarks
- Trademarks - United States
- Trademarks (International Law)
General Intellectual Property Websites
ABA Section of Intellectual
Property Law - Section on Intellectual Property Law from the American Bar
Association.
American Intellectual Property Law Association
- A national bar association constituted primarily of lawyers involved in intellectual
property law practice.
Center for Intellectual
Property - Provides education, research and resources for the higher education
community on copyright, academic integrity, and the emerging digital environment.
Fair Use Network - Provides information
about intellectual property law, fair use and other free expression safeguards
within the law.
Findlaw Topics: Intellectual
Property Law - A list of IP websites.
HG.org on Intellectual Property Law
- Lists legal and government resources on IP.
Intellectual
Property on the Internet: A Survey of Issues - General introduction to issues
surrounding intellectual property rights in digital environments.
Megalaw.com - A collection
of useful IP law websites.
International Intellectual Property Resources
Collection of Laws for Electronic
Access (CLEA) -A free database providing access to intellectual property
legislation from a wide range of countries and regions as well as intellectual
property treaties.
Digital Futures Coalition (DFC) - The DFC
is an international collaboration of non-profit educational, scholarly, library
and consumer groups, and trade associations. The website has resources on the
Digital Millennium Copyright Act, UCITA, and other hot IP topics.
European Patent Office - Executive body of
the European Patent Organization, which grants European patents.
World Intellectual Property
Law Organization (WIPO)- Homepage of WIPO, an agency of the United Nations
created to encourage creative activity, and to promote the protection of intellectual
property throughout the world.
World Intellectual Property Network Online
- Collection of intellectual property resources.
Intellectual Property Law Journals
American
Intellectual Property Law Association Quarterly Journal
Berkeley Technology Law Journal
Chicago-Kent College of Law Journal of Intellectual
Property
Columbia
Science and Technology Law Review
Comm-Ent Hastings' Communication
and Entertainment Law Journal
Fordham
Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal
Harvard Journal of Law and Technology
IDEA: The Intellectual Property Law
Review, Franklin Pierce Law Center
John Marshall Journal of Computer
and Information Law
Marquette
University Law School Intellectual Property Law Review
Santa Clara Computer and High Technology Law
Journal
Stanford Technology Law Review
Technology Law Journal
Tulane Journal
of Technology and Intellectual Property
UCLA Journal of Law and Technology
University of Florida Levin
College of Law Journal of Technology Law and Policy
University of Georgia School of Law
Journal of Intellectual Property Law
University of Illinois Journal of Law,
Technology and Policy
University of Richmond Journal
of Law and Technology
University of San Francisco
Intellectual Property Law Bulletin
Virginia Journal of Law and Technology
Wake Forest University Intellectual
Property Law Journal
Intellectual Property Magazines
Intellectual Property Today - Monthly
online magazine focusing on legal issues in patent, trademark and copyright
law.
Inventors' Digest "The Magazine
for Idea People" - Includes articles on IP law for inventors.
IP Law and Business - Updates attorneys
and executives on the law and business of intellectual property.
IP Law Practice Center -
IP news, practice papers and court decisions (from Law.com).
Copyright Resources
Copyright Clearance Center - A reproduction
rights organization for copyright owners.
Copyright Law
Page - Legal Information Institute’s copyright overview (Cornell Law
School).
Copyright Management Center -
Provides access to resources about copyright and its importance to higher education
(Indiana University).
Copyright
Renewal Database - A searchable database of copyright renewal records.
Copyright Society of the U.S.A. - Advancing
the study of copyright law and related rights.
Copyright and Intellectual Property
Policies - Updates regarding intellectual property legislation and court
cases by the Association of Research Libraries.
Copyright and Fair Use - Stanford
University Libraries' copyright page.
Current Copyright
Literature - Current articles related to U.S. copyright law.
United States Copyright Office (USCO)
- Official site of the U.S. Copyright Office.
United States Copyright Office (USCO)
Forms - Copyright forms for public use, provided by the USCO.
Patent Law Resources
DNA Patent Database - A collection
of DNA-based patents and patent applications issued by the USPTO, free to the
public.
Google Patent Search - Search over
7 million patents.
Patent Bar
Exam - Exam information, registration and results.
Patent Law Links - Helpful links
for patent-related websites, forms, statutes, case law, careers and more.
Patent Law Page - Legal
Information Institute's patent law overview (Cornell Law School).
United States Patent and Trademark
Offices (USPTO) - Official site of the USPTO, the federal agency that issues
patents.
United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO) Forms - Patent forms for public use, provided by
the USPTO.
Weird and Wonderful Patents
- A collection of fun and weird patents.
Trademark Resources
TM Web - Provides a 3-step process to search
and apply for a trademark.
Trademark Center - Provides U.S. and
international trademark search, registration and watching services.
Trademark Law
Page -Legal Information Institute's trademark law overview (Cornell Law
School).
Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure
- From the USPTO.
United States Patent and Trademark
Office (USPTO) - Official site of the USPTO, the federal agency that registers
trademarks.
United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO) Forms - Trademark forms for public use.
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