Cyber Law Research Faye Jones, Director of the Law Library & Professor Spring 2007 Reference Desk: Evening Service: The Hotline (Red Phone) at Reference

Legal Research: What you want to do controls what you need to do Current awareness BNA services Pike & Fischer Internet Law & Regulation Forrester Research Newspapers & Magazines Blogs ULWR Choosing a topic Preemption check Ensure completeness Practice Keep up with the law Relevant cases, statutes & regulations Pending and potential changes Transactional Practice Subject-specific Materials Drafting Patent License Agreements Litigation Practice Preparing for trial, finding expert witnesses, collections

Tools for Current Awareness & Research I Bureau of National Affairs (BNA) Services Internet Law News – free registrationInternet Law News BNA services – Ask Mark Evans for access Pike & Fischer Internet Law & RegulationInternet Law & Regulation Also in print in the Library at KF I58 Forrester Research – Ask Jon Lutz for an account Bar Associations ABA, IPL, SciTechABAIPLSciTech Florida Bar Business Law Section American Intellectual Property Law Association

Tools for Current Awareness & Research II National newspapers in print or online NYT, WSJ, LA Times, Washington PostNYTWSJLA TimesWashington Post Trade outlets and groups Variety, MPAA, RIAAVarietyMPAARIAA Advocacy Groups EFF, EPICEFFEPIC Technology or eCommerce resources in print or online Wired, TWIT.TV, eWeekWiredTWIT.TVeWeek

Tools for Current Awareness & Research III News releases from law firms, institutes and think tanks Duane Morris, Eric Sinrod, Martin SamsonDuane MorrisEric SinrodMartin Samson Berkman Institute, IP Mall, BCLT, Stanford CISBerkman InstituteIP MallBCLTStanford CIS Internet sites and Blogs LC CyberBlog, Dennis Kennedy, Tech Law ProfLC CyberBlogDennis KennedyTech Law Prof Question the authority of material found on the Internet. Check accuracy, currency and credibility! N.B. These three slides include selected resources which can give a researcher a good start. Many more helpful resources are available in the Library and other sources. Ask a reference librarian for help!

More Resources U.S. Government Agencies DOJ, Commerce, FCC, NITA, PTO, Library of CongressDOJCommerceFCCNITAPTOLibrary of Congress BeSpacific ITAA, Information Technology Assn. of America ISOC, the Internet Society Resources from FSU’s Strozier Library FSU Computer Science journals Especially, the ACM Digital Library JSTOR Dissertations and Theses E-books available by searching ALEPHALEPH

ULWR: Topic Choice & Preemption Check Choose a topic Review current awareness tools for hot topics in cyberlaw Search Lexis most current two years of news stories on cyberlaw Do a Preemption Check 1. Search Lexis full-text law reviews and Westlaw full-text law reviews Search both as they include different journals & varying coverage periods 2. Search Legal Resource Index on Lexis (Lawrev: Lglind) or Westlaw (LRI) or LegalTrac Internet databaseLegalTrac Internet database 3. Search the past two months of Current Index to Legal Periodicals on Westlaw (CILP) Browse the most current issues or select “edit search” to search all available issues 4. Search the SSRN databaseSSRN Use on campus or through the FSU domain does not require a user ID or passwordFSU domain 5. Browse SSJ: Tables of Contents Service of Selected Scholarly Journals from the FSU Law LibrarySSJ

ULWR: Read, Analyze & Draft a Thesis Read and analyze what you’ve found Draft a thesis statement Writing at the edges What happens when you find that too much or too little has been written on your topic? Talk with your professor early about challenges

ULWR: In-Depth Research Find major legal sources on your topic ALEPH and Aleph Research GuideALEPHAleph Research Guide Epstein on Intellectual Property; McCarthy on Trademarks; Nimmer on Copyright; Scott on InformationTechnology Law Ian Ballon, E-commerce and Internet Law: treatise with forms, Reserve KF390.5 C6 B35 & online updates online updates Find technical resources on your topic Scientific journal articles Google Scholar Find books on your topic Google Book Project Consult experts on your topicexperts Personal contacts and telephone research are legitimate research techniques

In Practice General Keep up with the law – current awareness tools Bar publications ABA – look at the Section home pages Florida Bar JurisNotes.com Transactional Use subject-specific resources with forms or drafting advice Litigation Use major treatises, formbooks and specialized resources to Prepare for trial Determine request for damage award Collect attorney’s fees Use the Internet to find expert witnesses Google Scholar, University faculty Vitas on home pages

Other Cyber Law Research Guides Georgetown Law School Harvard Berkman Center Suffolk University Law School University of Arizona Rutgers University 4 law.co.il Cyberspace Law & Policy Centre RSS Feeds for Legal Topics