Intellectual Property

Westlaw provides a specialized search for IP materials. That filtering is done by selecting the "Intellectual Property" link to the right of the two columns covered in an "All Content" search.

Searches in 'All Content' cover the sources to the left of the gray column divider, the two first columns on the page. Depending on the specific information you are seeking, you may want to search from the Intellectual Property page.

Practical Law materials are practitioner focused. However, the main subject areas include an overview of legislation on that topic. These and the general materials can be useful for law students when used together with secondary sources at the beginning of a research project. The Practical Law IP materials also include practice notes, pleading and transactional forms, state by state breakdowns, and practice checklists.

A persistent link is placed to the right of the two "All Content" columns on the main WLN search/browse page. After selecting the IP page you can search or browse the categories from either the topics listing shown below, or

browse and search within results from the resource types listing.

These are the listings in the main Intellectual Property page, selected from the third column of the WLN home page, as shown at left.

The IP secondary sources page contains different category sources. The "All... [category type]..." links will bring up many more materials than those listed in the main page.

Practioner Insights page, selected from 'Practice Areas' tab of main menu, then > Intellectual Property. Links are posted on the page for browsing various IP material types. It is more of a current awareness materials directory than a search portal.