Legal Research Guides by Course - Commercial Use of Intellectual Property
Course Description
The course will focus on the applied use of intellectual property rights and the protection and enforcement of those rights in both a commercial context and in litigation and pre-litigation settings. Special emphasis will be placed on: the management and strategic use of IP portfolios by businesses; intellectual property concerns in the field of information technology; patent trademark, and copyright infringement, including cease and desist letters and claim construction issues in patent cases; handling of IP issues in mergers and acquisitions; and other practical considerations of using and protecting intellectual property in the marketplace. (2 credits) Pre-requisite: must have completed an IP course or have other significant IP experience
Faculty Who Teach This Course
- James R. Franks, Esq. (adjunct professor)
- Celia Santander Bauer, Esq. (adjunct professor)
- David Schramm, Esq. (adjunct professor)
Subject Covered Presently in Collection by:
Print Collection
KF2971-KF3194 Intellectual Property
Legal Research Databases
- CCH Library - Intelliconnect
- Westlaw and Lexis
- Bloomberg BNA Online
- Legal Scholarship Network
- Bloomberg Law Hein Online
- LoisLaw Treatises - Intellectual Property Law Library
- CVN - Intellectual Property (both Video files and audiocasefiles)
- CALI - Intellectual Property - http://www.cali.org/category/cali-topics/2l-3l-upper-level-lesson-topics/intellectual-property
- The Mechanics of Ethical and Effective Cease and Desist Letters - http://www.smithhopen.com/litigation_cease_and_desist_letter_strategies.aspx
- IP Portfolio Management: Negotiating the Information Labyrinth - http://www.iphandbook.org/handbook/ch12/p04/
- What are Intellectual Property Rights? (WTO) - http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/trips_e/intel1_e.htm
- Avoiding Patent, Trademark and Copyright Problems - http://law.unh.edu/thomasfield/ipbasics/avoiding-patent-trademark-and-copyright-problems.php
- Intellectual Property (Lawyersandsettlements.com) - http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/intellectual_property.html
- Copyright Infringement - http://www.patent-trademark-law.com/copyrights/copyright-infringement/
- Intellectual Property and Information Technology Blog - http://mariaipexpert.wordpress.com/
- Gray on Claims: a Claims Construction and Patent Law Blog - http://www.grayonclaims.com/
- The Claims Construction Project (U Penn) - http://www.law.upenn.edu/blogs/polk/claimconstruction/
- Mergers & Acquisitions and Intellectual Property (BNA) - http://www.lindquist.com/files/Publication/0c8b023b-54ff-4631-aaf2-335613ea8921/Presentation/PublicationAttachment/228cd644-bee8-4b9b-8e44-ceddb58edfe2/BNA--IT%20Issues%20in%20M%26A.pdf
- BitLaw Legal Resource (Technology & Intellectual Property Law) - http://www.bitlaw.com/index.html
- Intellectual Property (LII) - http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/category/intellectual_property
- Patent Law (LII) - http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/patent
- Copyright (LII) - http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/Copyright
- Trademark (LII) - http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/trademark
- Patent Law Links - http://www.patentlawlinks.com/
- Patent Law Insights - http://www.patentlawinsights.com/
- FindLaw - Intellectual Property - http://www.findlaw.com/01topics/23intellectprop/index.html
- FindLaw - Patent - http://www.findlaw.com/01topics/23intellectprop/02patent/index.html
- FindLaw - Trademarks - http://www.findlaw.com/01topics/23intellectprop/03trademark/index.html
- FindLaw - Copyright - http://www.findlaw.com/01topics/23intellectprop/01copyright/index.html
- Intellectual Property Law (hg.org) - http://www.hg.org/intell.html
- Copyright Law (hg.org) - http://www.hg.org/copyright-law.html
- Trademark Law (hg.org) - http://www.hg.org/trademark-law.html
- Patent Law (hg.org) - http://www.hg.org/patent-law.html
- WashLaw - Intellectual Property - http://www.washlaw.edu/subject/intellectual.html
- Virtual Chase - Justia Intellectual Property Center - http://virtualchase.justia.com/wiki/intellectual-property
- AllLaw - Intellectual Property Law - http://www.alllaw.com/topics/intellectual_property
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
Created 10-15-2012
Patricia Horvath