Subject Librarian for Intellectual Property Law:

Ken Rodriguez
Reference/Intellectual Property Librarian
202.994.8545
krodriguez@law.gwu.edu

Research Guides:

U.S. Patent Law [pdf]

Research Aids:

The George Washington University Intellectual Property Research Portal [pdf]

Intellectual Property and Technology Law Reviews & Newsletters [pdf]

Intellectual Property Book Browsing Guide [pdf]

Intellectual Property Treatises: A Jacob Burns Law  Library Locator [pdf]

Intellectual Property Treaty-Finder [pdf]

Researching Trademark and Related IP Law [pdf]

Using Blogs to Enhance IP Research [pdf]

Databases:

BioTech Watch (BNA)
This daily bulletin offers comprehensive regulatory and legal coverage of biotechnology issues.

CCH Intellectual Property/Information Technology
Electronic access to Copyright Law Reporter and Goldstein on Copyright plus copyright news, analysis and commentary.

CCH Patent Law Library
This library includes current awareness materials, primary source material commonly used by patent practitioners, and patent forms, as well as, 3 modules: Patent Prosecution, Patent Litigation, and Patent Licensing and Transactions.  These 3 modules include 13 treatise titles from Aspen Publishers plus more.  The Patent Law Library also includes access to KluwerManualIP.com - a fully searchable online version of the The KLuwer Manual IP providing information on registering patents, trademarks, and designs in 200 countries around the world.

Computer Technology Law Report (BNA)
Keep abreast of legal developments in liability and insurance coverage issues relating to computers -- from network security to packaging and protecting digital assets.  Features comprehensive, in-depth coverage of the major legal issues affecting the computer technology industry, on federal, state, and international levels

Electronic Commerce & Law Report (BNA)
Get national and global perspectives on the digital economy with objective, vital news of trends and developments, insights and legal expertise. Features comprehensive yet selective coverage of the major legal issues surrounding digital communications content, transactions, and infrastructure, on federal, state, and international levels.

GRUR Plus
GRUR Plus is a module of Beck Online.  It is a browsable/searchable archive for 4 IP journals: ICC [available in English], Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht. International Teil,Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht,Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht.  With the exception of Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht, these journals are indexed in the Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals.
Remote access not available.

Intellectual Property Library (BNA)
Electronic version of the print publication providing full text of all decisions related to patents, copyrights, and trademarks reported in United States Patents Quarterly, as well as finding aids and tools.

Life Sciences Law & Industry Report (BNA)
This broad-based notification service connects the dots among the many disciplines that make up the burgeoning life sciences industry, with biweekly updates on current regulatory, legislative, and legal issues.

Patent, Trademark, & Copyright Journal (BNA)
Covers every significant development in intellectual property law. Comprehensive news of the most important intellectual property cases, statutes, trends, and other key developments in all areas of the law.

Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Law Daily (BNA)
Get concise yet comprehensive news of the most important intellectual property cases, regulatory developments, and trends, on a daily basis.

Pharmaceutical Law & Industry Report (BNA)
Stay informed of regulatory and litigation developments affecting the pharmaceutical and biotech industries.

Pike and Fischer: Internet Law and Regulation
Daily coverage of legal developments affecting e-business including full text of decisions and pleadings in major Internet-related cases around the world, as well as the text of major laws and policies affecting the Internet.

U.S. Patents Quarterly (BNA)
Provides the full text of case law and administrative decisions on patent, trademark, copyright, and unfair trade practices.

World Communications Regulation Report (BNA)
Provides details of international regulation of communication technologies (land-line phone, mobile, handhelds, or desktop computer) giving an insight into the latest legal developments relating to issues such as electronic signatures, data privacy, Internet governance, domain names, technological protection measures to prevent copying or file sharing, broadcasting – plus related legal issues such as Antitrust and law enforcement measures including wiretapping.

World Intellectual Property Report (BNA)
Provides monthly news and analysis of developments in the regulation and enforcement of intellectual property rights worldwide.