IP Resources at the Anchorage Law Library Catherine Lemann November 2007

2 Library Hours Monday – Thursday 8 a.m. – 6 p.m. Friday 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Sunday noon – 5:00 p.m.

3 Contact us Call the Reference Desk: us: Fax a request: NEW Toll-Free Number for Alaska callers: (888)

4 What are your research needs? What are the biggest challenges in IP law today? Do you use a current awareness service? How do you research issues? What tools and resources do you use? What tools and resources would you like to see in the library?

5 Resources in the Law Library Things you still can’t get online – Books! Treatises and Law Reviews can be checked out by Bar members We can mail them to you if you’re not in Anchorage

6 Finding Aids Specialized Legal Research – Hazleton Federal Patent & Trademark Law Identifies sources of statutes, legislative history, research tips, key research tools, treatises, and common research questions on various topics

7 Finding Aids Legal Information Buyer’s Guide and Reference Manual- Svengalis Descriptions and pricing for legal titles arranged by subject matter Patents, Trademarks and Intellectual Property Good for cost saving tips

8 Treatises – IP Chisum, Acquiring and Protecting Intellectual Property Rights Lindey on Entertainment, Publishing and the Arts: agreements and the law Smith, Intellectual Property: Valuation, exploitation and infringement damages Epstein, Drafting License Agreements Have 3 rd ed. but 4 th ed. is available

9 Treatises – IP Tax Planning for the Development and Licensing of Copyrights, Computer Software, Trademarks, and Franchises, BNA Tax Management portfolio series Tax Management series available electronically

10 Treatises - Nutshells Intellectual Property: Patents, Trademarks, and Copyright in a Nutshell Art Law in a Nutshell

11 Treatises – Trademark  Trademark law: a practitioner’s guide  Callman on Unfair Competition, Trademarks and Monopolies  McCarthy on Trademarks and Unfair Competition

12 Treatises – Patents Chisum on Patents – No  Moy’s Walker on Patents Patent Law: a practitioner’s guide, Hildreth Patent Litigation, Pretty How to write a patent application, Sheldon

13 Treatises - Copyright Nimmer on Copyright Copyright: Principles, Law and Practice, Goldstein? Milgrim on Trade Secrets? Substantial similarity in copyright law, Osterberg

14 Treatises - Software Computer software: protection, liability, law, forms. Kutten The law and business of computer software. Toedt (not current) Nimmer, The Law of Computer Technology: rights, licenses, and liabilities, 3 rd ed. Computer Law Strategies, Hertz (CCH)

15 Treatises to add? O’Connor, Intellectual Property Law and Litigation Scott, Multimedia: Law and Practice Kohn on Music Licensing

16 HeinOnline Intellectual Property Library Coverage often begins with volume 1 Law journals – 1,100+ CFR, Federal Register, Statutes at Large Only available in the library But, we can law review articles

17 FREE Westlaw at the Library All State/Federal cases & statutes USCA, USCCAN ALR 2 nd – 5 th Am.Jur., Forms, Proof of Facts and Trials Journals and Law Reviews Key Cite

18 Alaska Case Law Database Alaska Supreme Court and Court of Appeals All published opinions back to 1960 Unpublished decisions (MOJs) back to 1991, with older decisions being added No headnotes, keyciting, or page numbers

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21 Casemaker Alaska Caselaw 348 P.2d (1960) – current With reporter page numbers Attorney General Opinions From 1995 Alaska Law Review Volume 14 - current

22 Casemaker Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, Seward, Kenai Borough Codes Statutes Court rules No IP specific resources Citator? Identifies cases, you analyze them

23 Casemaker – Federal U.S. Supreme Court Current U.S. Circuit Opinions 1 F.3d - current U.S. District Courts (F.Supp.2d) F.Supp.2d Vol current adv. sheet U.S. Bankruptcy Opinions Begin: Vol. 334 B.R. (2005) U.S. Code Titles 1-41, 46 are complete through 01/02/2006 Titles 42-45, are complete through 01/03/2005 Title 11 USC Bankruptcy Reform Act Contains all changes made by the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 2005 Public Laws Includes laws passed by the th Congress and th Congress to date Code of Federal Regulations Titles 1-16 complete through 1/1/2007 Titles complete through 4/1/2007 Title complete through 7/1/2007 Titles complete through 7/1/2006 Titles complete through 10/1/2006 U.S. Constitution Federal Court Rules

24 Casemaker Basic search is natural language Advanced Search Fields: Citation, Docket Number, Attorney, Judge, Date Word Form – exact, wildcard * Proximity – word, sentence, document, within 500 or 1000 characters

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35 Free PACER access All law library locations Two year trial project

36 Need help? Call the library reference desk: (907) or (888) Reference librarians can walk you through searching or finding a website to help Interlibrary loan Catalog is on-line: You can check out treatises for 3 days We will mail them to you if you live outside Anchorage