This document summarizes a presentation on intellectual property resources to support an IP practice. The presentation covered patent research databases, patent litigation databases, patent monitoring resources, patent and trademark office websites, secondary sources, free web resources, current awareness resources, blogs, and IP associations. Attendees would learn to use the identified resources to effectively respond to IP attorneys' needs, evaluate the resources' strengths and weaknesses for IP research, and take away a checklist of resources to guide IP searches. The presenters were from Fish & Richardson, Reed Smith LLP, and Squire Sanders and provided their contact information for follow up questions.
Intellectual Property Basics: Resources to Support an IP Practice
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A5: Intellectual Property Basics:
Resources to Support an IP Practice
Sunday July 14, 2013
11:15 am- 12:15 pm
Room WSCC 618-620
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Presenters
Emily R. Florio
Manager of Libraries
Fish & Richardson
Marguerita Young-Jones
Senior Research Librarian
Reed Smith LLP
Scott D. Bailey
Director of Research Services
Squire Sanders (US) LLP
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Takeaways
Takeaway 1: Participants will be able to use the resources
identified in the program to appropriately and effectively
respond to the needs of their intellectual property (IP) attorneys.
Takeaway 2: Participants will be able to evaluate the resources
presented, identifying their strengths and weaknesses as applied
to IP research.
Takeaway 3: Participants will take away a checklist of resources
to use as a guideline when deciding where to search for an
intellectual property request.
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Resource Areas
Patent Research Databases
Patent Litigation Research Databases
Patent Litigation Monitoring Resources
Patent & Trademark Office Websites
Secondary Sources
Free Web Resources
Current Awareness
Blogs
Miscellaneous Patent Resources
IP Associations
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Patent & Trademark Office Websites
• European Patent Office/Espacenet
• United States Patent and Trademark Office
• Mexico Office of Industrial Property
• Intellectual Property Office of Singapore
• WIPO’s Directory of Country’s IP offices
• Japan Industrial Property Digital Library
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Secondary Sources
• LexisNexis Matthew Bender
– Chisum on Patents
– Gilson on Trademark Protection & Practice
– Milgrim on Licensing
– Milgrim on Trade Secrets
– Nimmer on Copyright
– Patent Law Digest
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Secondary Sources, cont’d
• Westlaw
– Patents/Trademarks/Designs & Utility Models
throughout the World
– McCarthy on Trademarks & Unfair Competition
– Patent Damages Law & Practice
– Patry on Copyright
– Unfair Competition and the ITC
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Secondary Sources, cont’d
• Wolters Kluwer/Aspen Publishers
– “Brown Books”/Manual for the Handling of
Applications for Patents, Design & Trademark
throughout the World
– Guide to TTAB Practice
– Goldstein on Copyright
• BloombergLaw/BloombergBNA
– Patent Law and Practice
– Harmon on Patents
– Pharmaceutical Patent Law
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Questions?
Emily R. Florio
Manager of Libraries
Fish & Richardson
florio@fr.com
Marguerita Young-Jones
Senior Research Librarian
Reed Smith LLP
myoungjones@reedsmith.com
Scott D. Bailey
Director of Research Services
Squire Sanders (US) LLP
scott.bailey@squiresanders.com
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IP PLL-SIS
Private Law Libraries SIS
http://www.aallnet.org/sis/pllsis/
IP Subgroup- Slides and handout will be posted here
http://www.aallnet.org/sis/pllsis/Groups/ip.asp
Contact Emily Florio (florio@fr.com; 617-368-2102) with questions/comments.
