Center for Law, Innovation and Creativity (CLIC): Patents

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• Bloomberg Law Patents & Trade Secrets Practice Center 
• Practical Law Intellectual Property & Technology Practice Center

• Princeton
• University of Ottawa
• Queen's University

• Treatises
  • Chisum on Patents (LX)
  • Moy's Walker on Patents (Book) (WL)
  • Schwartz's Patent Law & Practice (Book) (BL)
  • Harmon on Patents (Book) (BL)
• International Treatises
  • Baxter, World Patent Law and Practice (LX)
  • Terrell on the Law of (UK) Patents (WL)
  • Intellectual Property & Technology Global Guides (PL)
• Other Interesting Titles
  • Anatomy of a Patent Case (BL)
  • Drafting Patent License Agreements (BL)
  • Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (HeinOnline)
  • Prior Art After AIA: A Practical Guide (BL)

• Main Patent Page
• Patent FAQs
• Jobs Page

• U.S. Patent Searching
  • USPTO Search
  • Google Patents
  • Patents & Applications (WL)
• International Patent Searching
  • World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
  • European Patent Ofice (EPO)
  • Bloomberg Global Patent Search (BL)
• Search Advice
  • Seven Step Strategy (USPTO)
  • Patentability Searches and Studies (PL)
  • Prior Art Search (Practical Guidance: Patent Filing Considerations (BL)
  • Patent Searching Made Easy (E-Book)

• Princeton Library Patent Research Guide: The 1836 Patent Fire
• University of Houston Law Center PatStats: Patent litigation statistics
• USPTO Data Visualization Center
• WIPO Directory of Intellectual Property Offices

• Understanding Intellectual Property Law (chapter 2) (E-Book)
• Mastering Intellectual Property Law (E-Book)
• Patent Law in a nutshell (Book)
• Amy Landers, Understanding Patent Law (Book)
• Robert E. Schechter & John R. Thomas, Principles of Patent Law ( Book)
• CALI lessons on Patent Law (Password required-ask a law librarian)

• Patently-O Blog
• Trademark & Copyright Law Blog (Foley Hoag LLP)
• Art Law Journal
• IP Law Blog (Weintraub Tobin)
• Likelihood of Confusion
• Incontestable Blog (Finnegan)
• Brand Protection Blog (Norton Rose Fulbright)
• Global IP & Technology Law Blog (Squire Patton Boggs)
• Art Law Blog (Grossman)
• The Legal Artist
• The Trichordist

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