Intellectual Property

It is important to start your research with Secondary Sources. They provide general overviews of many elements of IP law, and can help point you in the right direction for next steps.

These encyclopedias contain detailed sections on Intellectual Property, including patents, trademarks, and copyrights, that provide summaries of the IP landscape, along with basic practical examples of IP work.

• American Jurisprudence, 2nd ed.. West Publishing (Westlaw)  
• Corpus Juris Secundum. West Publishing (Westlaw)

These treatises are easily accessible and provide detailed overviews of various IP topics. They can provide direction and a solid foundation for further research once a more specific IP topic has been chosen.

• Epstein on Intellectual Property. Epstein. Wolters Kluwer (Online - USC Access Only)
• Handbook of Intellectual Property Claims and Remedies. Flinn. Wolters Kluwer (Online - USC Acess Only; Westlaw)
• Intellectual Property and Antitrust Law. Holmes. Thomson Reuters (Westlaw)
• Intellectual Property Counseling and Litigation. Horwitz & Horwitz. Bender (Lexis)
• Intellectual Property and Unfair Competition in a Nutshell. Miller & Davis. West (Law Library)
• Licensing of Intellectual Property. Dratler. Law Journal Press (Lexis)
• Milgram on Licensing. Bensen. Matthew Bender & Company (Lexis)

These resources are scholarly periodicals that publish IP-focused articles written by practitioners, law professors, and law students.

• AIPLA Quarterly Journal. American Intellectual Property Law Association (Law Library; HeinOnline; Westlaw; Lexis)
• Harvard Journal of Law and Technology. Harvard Law School. (Law Library; HeinOnline; Westlaw; Lexis)
• IDEA: The Intellectual Property Law Review. University of New Hampshire School of Law (HeinOnline; Westlaw; Lexis)
• Journal of Intellectual Property Law. University of Georgia School of Law (Law Library; HeinOnline; Westlaw; Lexis)
• Texas Intellectual Property Law Journal. University of Texas School of Law (Law Library; HeinOnline; Westlaw; Lexis)