international intellectual property legal research

RESEARCHING INTERNATIONALIP LAW

BASICS INTERNATIONAL IP RESEARCH

Multilateral and Bilateral agreements + harmonization of national laws

Treaties

Country law

Organization (WIPO ,WTO, regional trade org)

Case law when there is no harmonization

International & Foreign law is covered in

important US IP treatises.

Start here first for general information!

http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/library/whatwedo/researchguides/legal-research-engine.cfm

Cornell Legal Research Engine

RESEARCH GUIDES

Germain’s Transnational Law Research: A guide for attorneys

Chapter IV is devoted to intellectual Property (2006, Available in my Office)

Loui-Jacques’s Researching International Intellectual Property Law: Internet Resources (2001)

Weigmann’s Researching Intellectual Property Law in an international context (2000)

ASIL

http://www2.lib.uchicago.edu/~llou/intlip.html

http://www.llrx.com/features/iplaw.htm

http://www.asil.org/erg/?page=iipl

LINK

Peace Palace Library

HG – great country links

IPMall (search the collection)

International Intellectual Property institute

IPR Helpdesk (newsletters)

Interpol

http://www.hg.org/intell.html

http://www.ipmall.infohttp://iipi.org

http://www.iprhelpdesk.eu

http://www.interpol.int/Crime-areas/Trafficking-in-illicit-goods/Trafficking-in-illicit-goods

http://www.peacepalacelibrary.nl

TREATY DRIVEN

United Nations Treaty Collection

Copyright Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, 828 UNTS 221 (WIPO) Universal Copyright Convention, 6 UST 2732; 216 UNTS 133. (UNESCO) WIPO Copyright Treaty, 36 ILM 65. (WIPO) WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty, WIPO Doc. CRNR/DC/96; U.S. Senate Treaty Doc. 105-17 (WIPO)

Industrial Design The Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs,(WIPO)

Patents and Trademarks Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, 21 UST 1583; 24 UST 2140; TIAS 6923, 7727; 6 ILM 806. (WIPO) Madrid Agreement concerning the international registration of marks, 828 UNTS 390 (WIPO) Trademark Law Treaty, 2037 UNTS 35 Patent Law Treaty, 39 ILM 1047 Patent Cooperation Treaty, 28 UST 7645; TIAS 8733. (WIPO) European Patent Convention, 13 ILM 268. (European patent Office) International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV)

TRIPS Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs) , 33 ILM 81. (WTO) (ii) Links to Commentary Background on the History of the TRIPs Agreement

http://treaties.un.org

TREATY WEBSITES

IPRSonline- an internet portal on Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) and Sustainable Development

Complete World Copyright Website - project to 'deep link' world-wide web pages concerning copyright

Electronic Information System for International Law (EISIL)- ASIL’s goal is to ensure, through EISIL, that web searchers can easily locate the highest quality primary materials, authoritative web sites and helpful research guides to international law on the Internet.

http://www.iprsonline.org

http://www.compilerpress.ca/CW/index.htm

http://www.eisil.org

UNITED NATIONSFamily of interlocking international Organizations

IP Focused Organization

World Intellectual Property Organization

UN Educational, scientific, & Cultural Organization

UN Conference of Trade and Development

World Health Organization –Commission on Intellectual Property Rights Innovation and Health

UN Specialized Agencies

International Telecommunications Union

UN Food and Agriculture Organization

International Union for the protection of New Varieties of Plants

http://www.un.org/en/

http://www.un.org/en/aboutun/structure/pdfs/un-system-chart-color-sm.pdf

WIPO, WTO, UNESCO main global institutions administer International Intellectual Property Treaties.

World Intellectual Property Organization (status of Treaties, IP digital Library; Gold, internet domain name, traditional knowledge)

World Trade Organization (WTO, GATT, Uruguay Rounds, TRIPS )

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Broad scope from classrooms to cultural sites, museum, art and copyright. E copyright bulletin)

http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=5130&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

Other helpful Institutions and organizations

United Nationals Conference on Trade and Development http://unctad.org/en/Pages/Home.aspx

United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization

http://www.fao.org/index_en.htm

International Union for the Protection of New Variety of Plants

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers

Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy

http://www.icann.org/en/help/dndr/udrp

http://www.upov.int/portal/index.html.en

NATIONAL LAWS

Countries enact laws or codes dealing with IP issues or amend existing law to comply with agreements

When researching remember:Stay up to date on hot topic issues Currency for law in this area is key

Stay current on the National laws/websites for countryWorldLII http://www.worldlii.org/countries.html

Foreign law guide http://foreignlawguide.com/

Globalex http://www.nyulawglobal.org/Globalex/Westlaw suite and Lexis Nexis: wire

service Bloomberg Law News and Analysis

Patent Office, Copyright Office, or Department of Trade No URL : Patent Office (your country)

WIPO: Directory of National and Regional Industrial Property Office http://www.wipo.int/directory/en/Foreign Law Guide ( OCU Database)

WIPO GOLD HTTP://WWW.WIPO.INT/WIPOGOLD/EN/

http://www.wipo.int/wipogold/en/

WIPO : Former Collection of laws for electronic access (CLEA) (WIPO Lex) legislative text national IP legislation by country

-may only provide citation

WIPO:PATENT SCOPE

UNESCOResources Library

Culture resources

http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/

EU

European Commission -Trade IP

Europa -IP

EU Single Market - IP

http://ec.europa.eu/trade/creating-opportunities/trade-topics/intellectual-property/

http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/internal_market/businesses/intellectual_property/index_en.htm

http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/top_layer/intellectual-property/index_en.htm

FINDING INTERNATIONAL IP CASES:BLOOMBERG LAWWESTLAW EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICEHTTP://WWW.EPO.ORG/LAW-PRACTICE.HTML

EUROPEAN TRADEMARK REPORTSFLEET STREET REPORT

WESTLAW IP ONLY ON WESTLAW CLASSIC

BLOOMBERG LAW –IP PRACTICE CENTER

http://law.okcu.libguides.com/content.php?pid=171048&sid=1440373

BNA IP RESOURCES

Intellectual PropertyIntellectual Property Law Resource CenterMedia Law ReporterPatent Trademark & Copyright Journal®Patent Trademark & Copyright Law DailyWorld Communications Regulation ReportWorld Data Protection ReportWorld Intellectual Property Report

(Available Database LibGuide)

http://law.okcu.libguides.com/content.php?pid=171048&sid=1440373

COMMENTARY ON INTERNATIONAL IP

Print resources searchingOCU Law Library CatalogWorldcat.org

Do not Forget about Interlibrary Loan- can take up to 2 weeks

Subject Heading Search: industrial property international law intellectual property international lawneighboring rights international law

Periodicals

Legaltrac (OCU law databases)Index to Legal Periodical (OCU law databases)Index to Foreign legal periodicals (HeinOnline)

KEY PERIODICALS ON INTERNATIONAL IP

THE WIPO JOURNAL – WESTLAW

WIPO MAGAZINE

WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY REPORT- BNA INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LIBRARY

HEINONLINE LAW JOURNAL LIBRARY (OCU DATABASE)

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION HTTP://LAW.OKCU.LIBGUIDES.COM/CONTENT.PHP?PID=171048&SID=1440373

Dulaney-Browne Library

JSTOR (OCU Database)

Project Muse (OCU Database)

Proquest Dissertations (OCU Database)

CRS Reports- OpenCRS https://opencrs.com/

SSRN -http://www.ssrn.com/

TRADEMARK

Madrid AgreementMadrid Protocol

TreatisesMcCarthy on Trademarks and Unfair Competition KF3180 .M3 1996 and (Westlaw)World Trademark law and Practice (Lexis)Eckstrom’s licensing in Foreign and Domestic OperationTrademarks throughout the worldWorld Trademark Law and Practice

Subject Headings:trademarks international lawcompetition unfairtrademarks law and legislation (jurisdiction)Signatories belong to Madrid union enforcement still national

TreatisesCopyright laws and treaties of the

world (older)International Copyright law and

practice

Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic WorksWIPO Copyright TreatyWIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty

Nimmer on Copyright KF2991.5 .N5 (Lexis)CCH Copyright Law Reporter (Westlaw)International Copyright Law and Practices (Lexis)WIPOlex

Subject HeadingCopyright (jurisdiction)Copyright internationalpiracy copyrightor treaties listed above

European doctrine of moral rightsCivil law systems neighboring rights for publishers broadcasters or producers

COPYRIGHT

Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial PropertyPatent Cooperation Treaty

TreatisesMoy’s Walker on Patents KF3114 .D4 2003 (Westlaw)

Chisum on patents KF3114 .C47 (Lexis)

Patent Abstracts of China (west)

Patent Abstracts of Japan (west and Lexis)

Patent cooperation treaty patents (west)

Patents, European (west and lexis)

Patents, French (west)

World Patent Law and Practice (Lexis)WIPOlex

Subject Headings:Conflicts of laws patentsforeign licensing agreementspatent laws and legislation(jurisdiction)patents international law

PATENT