Intellectual Property (IP) Research Competencies Compiled by: Members of the PLL&IP SIS IP Caucus Luci Barry Lucy Curci-Gonzalez Alina Kelly Diana J. Koppang Sarah Mauldin Submitted to : Jean O’Grady / PLL&IP Summit Research Audit (July 2014) July 16, 2015

General Competencies Find primary and secondary resources Identify specific IP area Patent Trademark Copyright Some subgroup Trade secret Licensing Social Media Privacy Understand the differences between paid and free resources Availability Cost Coverage Timeframe Level of Confidence Using what is available where you are

Patent Research Basics Find a patent (examples of U.S., WIPO, and EP) – and where to find (fee-based or free) Has the patent been litigated (Federal, ITC, and PTAB)? What is a file history and how to find and order it Find prior art/non-patent literature and understand limitations, copyright law restrictions Find the assignment history and renewal history for a patent. Find a patent family

Trademark Research Basics Find a trademark and its filing history Has the trademark been litigated (Federal and Administrative Proceedings)? Search TTAB filings/actions and where to find reported case law What is a file history and how to find it Identify primary trademark resources – treatises Trademark Counterfeiters – using social media, eBay, domain name records for research Find the assignment history

Copyright Basics Find a copyright record How to order a copyright file history Has the copyright been litigated?

Key Treatises (*Indicates must have title, electronic or print, for subject area) Trademarks *McCarthy on Trademarks and Unfair Competition Gilson on Trademarks *Guide to TTAB Practice Law of Unfair Competition, Trademarks and Monopolies (Callmann) Product Comparison Manual for Trademark Users (Pinckney) Patents *Chisum on Patents Moy’s Walker on Patents Post-Grant Proceedings Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board

Key Treatises – Cont. (*Indicates must have title, electronic or print, for subject area) Copyright *Nimmer on Copyright Goldstein on Copyright Patry on Copyrights Trade Secrets *Milgrim on Trade Secrets Privacy *Proskauer on Privacy Domain Names *McGrady on Domain Names

Procedural Manuals (available online and in print) Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure (TMEP) Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Manual of Procedure (TBMP) Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP) Official Patent Trial Practice Guide

Key Websites and Databases (Italic = Fee-based) Patent Searching USPTO.GOV FreePatentsOnline.com Espacenet WIPO Country Files (links to foreign patent database) Thomson Innovation Lexis Total Patent Minesoft PatBase Questel

Key Websites and Databases – Cont. (Italic = Fee-based) Patent Litigation (Federal, ITC, and/or PTAB) PTAB (ptabtrials.uspto.gov) PTAB/BPAI Reading Room of Final Decisions Docket Navigator BNA (PTAB Navigator) and Bloomberg Law Lexis CourtLink Lexis Westlaw

Key Websites and Databases – Cont. (Italic = Fee-based) Trademark Searching USPTO.gov WIPO Country Profiles (links to foreign trademark databases) Corsearch Thomson Reuters Saegis/Serion TrademarkVision

Key Websites and Databases – Cont. (Italic = Fee-based) Trademark Litigation TTABVUE TTAB Reading Room of Final Decisions BNA and Bloomberg Law Lexis Westlaw

Key Websites and Databases – Cont. (Italic = Fee-based) Patent Analytics/Metrics Docket Navigator (patents only) Innography (patents only) Lexis Patent Advisor (patents only) Thomson Reuters Monitor Suite (all I.P.) Lex Machina (primarily patents, some trademark and copyright coverage)

Key Websites and Databases – Cont. (Italic = Fee-based) Copyrights U.S. Copyright Office Domain Names and Domain Name Disputes WhoIs websites (various) National Arbitration Forum (NAF) World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) BloombergLaw

Other Skills/Knowledge Find licensing royalty rates Research social media and limitations Find the registrant of a website and search for domain name dispute information Using trademark searches to find holding companies for a company’s patent portfolio Identify non-practicing entities, intellectual property holding companies (f/k/a “patent trolls”) Secretary of State records Other DBA company resources M&A due diligence (ownership, lien data)