Books

Online guide to finding books in the Library

General areas to browse in the the library

Common law intellectual property law material is shelved at SJ325
Comparative intellectual property law is shelved at SB55
Conflict of law material is shelved at SH35
N.B. Please see also FOL sections for large sized materials

A number of core texts are shelved in the Short Loan collection. Check the Library Catalogue for details.

Selection of specific book titles

Alexander, I.		Copyright law and the public interest in the nineteenth century		2010
Anderman, S.		EU competition law and intellectual property rights: the regulation of innovation		2011
Aplin, T. & Davis, J.		Intellectual property law: text cases and materials		2009
Bainbridge, D.		Intellectual Property. .		2010
Bainbridge, D.		Cases and materials in intellectual property.		1998
Bentley, L. & Sherman, B.		Intellectual property law		2009
Cornish, W.		Intellectual property: patents copyright trade marks and allied rights.		2010
Cornish, W.		Cases and materials on intellectual property.		2006
Copinger, W.		Copinger and Skone James on copyright.		2011
Davison, M		The legal protection of databases.		2003
Firth, A.		Trade marks law and practice		2005
Geller, P (& Nimmer).		International copyright law and practice		Looseleaf
Gervais, D.		The TRIPS agreement: drafting history and analysis.		2003
Halpern, S.W. et al.		Fundamentals of United States intellectual property law: copyright, patent, trademark		2011
Holyoak, J., Torremans, P.		Intellectual property law.		2010
Kerly, D. et al.		Kerly's law of trademarks.		2011
Laddie, H.		Modern law of copyright and designs. ..		2011
Macqueen, H.		Contemporary intellectual property: law and policy		2010
Makeen, M.		Copyright in a global information society		2000
Maniatis, S. & Botis, D.		Trade marks in Europe: a practical jurisprudence		2010
Matthews, D.		Intellectual property, human rights and development		2011
May, C. ed.		The political economy of intellectual property rights		2010
Phillips, J., Firth, A.		An introduction to intellectual property.		2001
Ricketson, S. & Ginsburg, J.		International copyright and neighbouring rights: Berne convention for the protection of literary and artistic works 2 vols.		2006
Ricketson, S.		The law of intellectual property : copyright, designs...		Looseleaf
Rodriguez Pardo, J.		Copyright and multimedia.		2003
Senftlben, M.R.F.		Copyright limitations and the three-step test...		2003
Spence, M.		Intellectual property		2007
Sterling, J.		World copyright law protection of author's works. .		2008
Stokes, S.		Art & copyright		2012
Torremans, P.L.C.		Intellectual property and human rights		2008
Walter, M. & Von Lewinski, S		European copyright law. A commentary.		2010

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Web Resource Guides

ASIL Guide to Electronic Resources for Intellectual Property Law

British Library - Patents and Intellectual Property

Find Law - Intellectual Property Law

GLOBALEX guide to international trademark law - The Madrid system

Hieros Gamos - Intellectual Property law

IPRsonline.org

LLRX.com - Researching intellectual property law in the Russian Federation

Eagle-i - Electronic access to legal information. A national online service for law managed by IALS.

WorldLii - Intellectual Property

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Legislation, Treaties and Conventions

Online guide to finding legislation in the library

A selection of resources held in the Library (printed and electronic)

Great Britain Public and General Acts	Also available on the UK Statutes database
Halsbury's Statutes
Up-to-date electronic sources with commentary available on LexisNexis Butterworths and Westlaw databases
United Kingdom Treaty Series
United Nations Treaty Series
International Legal Materials

Selection of websites

UK Intellectual Property Office
UK legislation in force on copyright, design and patent law.

European Commission - Intellectual and industrial Property
EU legal texts in force, new proposals and other materials on Copyright and neighbouring rights and Industrial property

WIPO CLEA - Collection of laws for electronic access
International full-text database of intellectual property legislation

WIPO Treaties and contracting parties
General information and text of international treaties on IP protection, global protection system and classification

WTO - TRIPS material
Information on intellectual property in the WTO, news and official records of the activities of the TRIPS Council

UNESCO - Collection of national copyright laws
National copyright legislation in force by UNESCO member states

Selection of individual documents on the web

Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988

The Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003

Trade Marks Act 1994

European Patent Convention 1973

Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property 1883/1979

Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works 1886/1979

Universal Copyright Convention 1952/1971

Rome Convention 1961

Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms 1971

TRIPS 1994

WIPO Copyright Treaty 1996

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Cases

Online guide to finding cases in the library

Selection of titles held by the Library or available in full text Online

European copyright and design reports		Also on Westlaw
European national patent reports		Also on Westlaw
European Patent Office reports		Also on Westlaw
European trade mark reports		Also on Westlaw
Fleet Street reports		Also on Westlaw
Intellectual property reports
Reports of patent design and trademark cases		Also on Westlaw
Trade mark reporter

Selection of websites with full-text court reports

BAILII - England & Wales High Court (Patents Court) decisions
All the decisions by this court since 1997

European Patent Office - Decisions of the Board of Appeal and EBA
Full text of the decisions since 1979

Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market - Trade Marks and Designs: Legal Aspects
Decisions of the Office since 1995. Also EU and national legislation, and Community trade mark courts and ECJ/CFI cases on these areas

CVRIA European Court of Justice and Court of First Instance
Decisions by this two courts since 1958 and 1989, respectively. Intellectual property cases are indexed as "Propriété littéraire et artistique" and "Propriété industrielle et commerciale"

WTO - Dispute settlement
Cases brought to the WTO since 1995, including copyright and TRIPS related disputes

WIPO - WIPO cases and WIPO panel decisions
Domain name administrative dispute resolution procedures administered by WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center, from 1999

 

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Journal Articles

Online guide to finding journal articles in the library

Selection of titles held by the Library or available in full text on the Internet

Annales de la propriété industrielle, artistique et littéraire	Also available on Westlaw
Buffalo intellectual property law journal
Copyright bulletin
Copyright law symposium	Also available on Hein
Entertainment law review	Also available on Westlaw
European intellectual property review	Also available on Westlaw
Intellectual property journal
Intellectual property quarterly	Also available on Westlaw
Intellectual property law bulletin
International review of intellectual property and competition law (IIC)
Journal of the Copyright Society of the U.S.A.
Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society	Also available on Lexis and Hein
Revue internationale du droit d'auteur
Official journal of the European Patent Office
WIPO magazine
Yearbook of copyright and media law

Selection of websites with full-text articles

Berkeley technology law journal

Duke law and technology review

Harvard journal of law and technology

IDEA: The intellectual property law review

Journal of science and technology (Boston University)

Official journal of the European Patent Office

Stanford technology law review

Texas intellectual property law journal

UCLA journal of law and technology

Virginia journal of law and technology

WIPO magazine

Selection of specific articles

Barrett, J. Copyright and commercial slogans		[2009] 3 Web JCLI		Web journal of current legal issues
Cohen-Jehoram, Herman. Is there a hidden agenda behind the general non-implementation of the EU three step test?		[2009] 31 EIPR 408		European intellectual property review Westlaw
Geiger, C. The answer to the machine should not be the machine : safeguarding the private copy exception in the digital environment.		[2008] 30 EIPR 121		European intellectual property review Westlaw
Griffiths, J. The three-step test in European copyright law - problems and solutions		[2009] 4 IPQ 428		Intellectual property quarterly Westlaw
Gallagher, Erin E. On the fair use fence between derivative workks and allegedly infringing creations : a proposal for a middle ground.		(2005) 80 Notre Dame L. Rev 759		Notre Dame law review
Groves, P. Pistache? - a consultation paper		[2008] 19 Ent. L. Rev. 89		Entertainment law review Westlaw
He, Huaiwen. Seeking a balanced interpretation of the three-step test : an adjusted structure in view of divergent approaches.		[2009] 40(3) IIC 274		International review of intellectual property and competition law (IIC)

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