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Intellectual Property

Research Guide: Resources, materials, and research methods on Intellectual Property Law in general. Gateway to IP subject specific guides.

Selected "General IP" Study Aids

Course Outlines

CALI lessons / Study aids

There are over 30 lessons listed in the Intellectual Property topic.

The lessons cover all IP areas, and in addition to CALI's "by subject area" outlines, the lessons are also part of the Merges' Intellectual Property in the New Technological Age "lessons by casebook" treatment.

Selected Newer Treatises

Audio CDs

The library has an audio recording set in this legal field from the Sum and Substance CD Series. The CDs can be checked out from reserve for 24 hours.

National Organizations

•  US Patent and Trademark Office

•  U.S. Copyright Office, in the Library of Congress

•  ABA Section of Intellectual Property Law

•  American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)

•  Creative Commons

•  Copyright Society of the U.S.A.

•  Software Patent Institute

•  Open Source Initiative

• National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center

IP Treatises, full listings from:

  Lexis Advance

  Westlaw