Legal Research Guides by Course: Intellectual Property / Trademark and Copyright Law

Course Description

This course examines schemes for developing, perfecting, and exploiting rights in business goodwill and works of authorship, through the application of federal trademark and copyright law as well as state statutory and common law. (2 credits)

Faculty Who Teach This Course:

• Thomas Lizzi, Esq. (adjunct professor)

Subject Covered Presently in Collection by:

Print Collection

KF2971-KF2983 Intellectual Property - General - Antitrust Aspects - Litigation
KF2986-KF3086 Copyright Law
KF3176-KF3194 Trademark Law
KFP330 Pennsylvania Intellectual Property

Legal Research Databases

• Bloomberg BNA Online under Intellectual Property Law Resource Center - http://0-iplaw.bna.com.library.law.duq.edu/iprc/
• CCH Library - Intelliconnect under Intellectual Property
• Hein Online
• Westlaw
• Lexis
   (Legal tab > Secondary Legal > Matthew Bender > Area of Law > Intellectual Property)

Nimmer on Copyright
Chisum on Patents
Gilson on Trademarks
Milgrim on Licensing

• Bloomberg Law
• Legal Scholarship Network
• LoisLaw under Intellectual Property Law Library - http://www.loislaw.com/pns/index.htp?content=/pns/start.htp & under Licensing Agreements Library - http://www.loislaw.com/pns/index.htp?content=/pns/start.htp
• CALI under Intellectual Property - http://www.cali.org/category/cali-topics/2l-3l-upper-level-lesson-topics/intellectual-property
• CVN Law School under Intellectual Property (both audio and video cases available)
• Intellectual Property Law Server - http://www.intelproplaw.com/

Copyright Law

• Copyright Law (hg.org) - http://www.hg.org/copyright-law.html
• Copyright: an Overview (LII) - http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/copyright
• Copyright (FindLaw) - http://corporate.findlaw.com/intellectual-property/copyright/
• Research Copyright - http://www.researchcopyright.com/copyrightsearch/pages/
• Copyright Law of the United States (BitLaw) - http://www.bitlaw.com/copyright/
• Copyright Law & Public Domain (Nolo) - http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/copyright-law
• Copyright (Justia) - http://www.justia.com/intellectual-property/copyright/
• Copyright and Trademark Law (LexisNexis Communities) - http://www.lexisnexis.com/community/copyright-trademarklaw/
• US Copyright Office - http://www.copyright.gov/
• Copyright Society of the USA - http://www.csusa.org/
• Association of the Protection of Internet Copyright (APIC) - http://www.a-w.org/Home.html
• Copyright Website - http://www.benedict.com/Default.aspx
• Copyright Protection Slide Rule - http://librarycopyright.net/resources/digitalslider/
• Copyright Advisory Network (American Library Association) - http://librarycopyright.net/
• Copyright Crash Course (U Texas) - http://copyright.lib.utexas.edu/
• Copyright and Fair Use (Stanford University Libraries) - http://fairuse.stanford.edu/
• Author Rights (Association of Research Libraries) - http://www.arl.org/sc/authors/index.shtml
• Copyright Advisory Office (Columbia University Libraries) - http://copyright.columbia.edu/copyright/copyright-in-general/
• Copyrightlaws.com - http://www.copyrightlaws.com/
• Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States - http://copyright.cornell.edu/resources/publicdomain.cfm
• STOPfakes.gov - http://www.stopfakes.gov/
• Copyright Law on Twitter - https://twitter.com/CopyrightLaw
• Copyright Litigation Blog - http://copyrightlitigation.blogspot.com/
• Copyright Licensing Organizations & Publications Rights Clearinghouses
  AARC (Alliance of Artists and Recording Companies) - http://wp.aarcroyalties.com/
  ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers) - http://www.ascap.com/
  The Authors Registry - http://www.authorsregistry.org/
  Christian Copyright Licensing International - http://www.ccli.com/
  Copyright Clearance Center - http://www.copyright.com/
  Creative Commons - http://creativecommons.org/
  MPLC (Motion Picture Licensing Corporation) - http://www.mplc.org/index/worldwide
  Movie Licensing USA - Understanding Copyright - http://www.movlic.com/library/copyright.html
  SESAC (performing rights organization) - http://www.sesac.com/Home.aspx
  SoundExchange - http://www.soundexchange.com/
  WATCH - Locating US Copyright Holders - http://norman.hrc.utexas.edu/watch/us.cfm

Trademark Law

• Trademark (LII) - http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/trademark
• Trademark Law in the United States (BitLaw) - http://www.bitlaw.com/trademark/index.html
• Trademark Law (hg.org) - http://www.hg.org/trademark-law.html
• Trademark (FindLaw) - http://corporate.findlaw.com/intellectual-property/trademark/
• Trademark Law (Nolo) - http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/trademark-law
• Overview of Trademark Law (Harvard) - http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/metaschool/fisher/domain/tm.htm
• Trademarks (US Patent & Trademark Office) - http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/index.jsp
• Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure (US Patent & Trademark Office) - http://tmep.uspto.gov/RDMS/detail/manual/TMEP/Oct2012/d1e2.xml
• Trademark Process (US Patent & Trademark Office) - http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/process/index.jsp
  All About Trademarks - http://www.ggmark.com/
• American Patent and Trademark Center - http://www.patentpending.com/index.php
• Copyright and Trademark Law (LexisNexis Communities) - http://www.lexisnexis.com/community/copyright-trademarklaw/
• Current Trademark Legal Literature (Tarlton Law Library) - http://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/current_awareness/trademark
• Pennsylvania Trademark - http://www.pennsylvaniatrademark.com/resources.cfm
• ABA Journal - Trademark Law - http://www.abajournal.com/blawgs/topic/trademark+law
• The Trademark Reporter - http://www.inta.org/TMR/Pages/Overview.aspx
• STOPfakes.gov - http://www.stopfakes.gov/
• IP Watchdog - http://www.ipwatchdog.com/
• Trademark Law Glossary (MarkLaw.com) - http://www.marklaw.com/trademark-glossary/glossary.htm
• The Trademark Blog - http://www.schwimmerlegal.com/

DCLI Webpage Links

• Primary Legal Research: Case Law, Statutory Law, Administrative Law (contains quick links to our federal and state statutes, our federal and state administrative codes, and federal and state case law)
• Legal Research Guides: Intellectual Property

Law School Concentrations

• Intellectual Property

Created by Patricia Horvath
1/4/2013