Reference:

• Dictionary of Intellectual Property Law, by Peter Groves. REFERENCE KD1267.5 .G76 2011.
• Intellectual Property: Patents, Trademark, and Copyright in a Nutshell. RESERVE KF2980 .M52 2007. 
• Intellectual Property Law Dictionary, by Rachel Gader-Shafran. REFERENCE KF2976.5 .G33.
• Modern Patent Law Precedent: Dictionary of Key Terms and Concepts. REFERENCE KF3112 .A35 2010.

Treatises:

The Intellectual Property section is on the Law Library Third Floor, Range 324-25. Other publications can be located by using the GMU Library Catalog.

• Anatomy of a Patent Case, printed and distributed by the Federal Judicial Center. First Floor, government documents, JU 13.2:P 27/2.
• Biotechnology and the Law, by Iver P. Cooper. KF3133 .B56.
• Chisum on Patents, by Donald S. Chisum. KF3114 .C47.
• Gibson on Trademarks, by Jerome Gilson and Karin Green. KF 3180 .G542.
• Goldstein on Copyright, by Paul Goldstein. KF2994 .G65.
• Copyright Registration Practice, by James E. Hawes. KF3004 .H39.
• International Copyright Law and Practice, by Melville B. Nimmer and Paul Edward Geller. K1420.5 .I54.
• Internet Law and Regulation, by Robert E. Emeritz, Pike and Fischer. KF2763.4 .I58.
• Law of Copyright, by Howard B. Abrams. KF2994 .A722.
• Lindey on Entertainment, Publishing and the Arts, by Alexander Lindey and Michael Landau. KF4290 .L56.
• Milgrim on Trade Secrets and Licensing, by Roger M. Milgrim. KF3197 .A6 M5.
• Moy’s Walker on Patents, by Carl R. May, Albert Henrey Walker and Ernest Bainbridge Lipscomb. KF3114 .D444.
• Nimmer on Copyright, by Melville B. Nimmer and David Nimmer. KF2991.5 N5.
• Patent Law Fundamentals, by John Gladstone Mills, Robert Clare Highley, Donald Cress Reiley, and Peter D. Rosenberg. KF3114 .M55.
• Patry on Copyright, by William F. Patry. KF2991.5 .P382.
• Trade Secrets Throughout the World, Melvin F. Jager. K1577 .T73.
• Trademark Registration Practice and Forms, by James E. Hawes. KF3181 .H39.
• World Copyright Law, by J.A.L. Sterling. K 1420.5 .S725 2008.
• World Intellectual Property Rights and Remedies, edited by Dennis Campbell. K1401 .W675.
• World Patent Law and Practice, by J.W. Baxter and John P Sinnott. KF3114 .P28.
• World Trademark Law and Practice, by Ethan Horwitz. K1555.4 .H67.

Historical Treatises:

• Making of Modern Law Treatises 1800-1926 and Eighteenth Century Legal Treatises have electronic versions of books such as Patent Laws of the World, collected, edited and indexed by Alfred Carpmael and Edward Carpmael, 1885.
• The Author's Due: Printing and the Prehistory of Copyright, by Joseph Loewenstein. Z325 .L84 2002.
• Figures of Invention: A History of Modern Patent Law, by Pottage & Sherman. KF3114 .P685 2010.
• Intellectual Property Rights: A Critical History, by Christopher May. K1401 .M393 2006.

Popular Works:

Many titles intended for the layperson have forms that are useful to law students too. These are published by Nolo.com formerly Nolo Press. They are located in the Reference Section on the First Floor, Range 113. Older editions are on the third floor and can be checked out. They often have CDs available at the circulation desk. Some are available electronically through the GMU Library Catalog.

• Copyright Handbook, by Stephen Fishman. KF2995 .F53. Electronic Resource (Available through NetLibrary) link in the GMU Library Catalog.
• Patent, Copyright & Trademark, by Richard Stim. REFERENCE KF2980 .E4 2009.
• Patent It Yourself, by David Pressman. REFERENCE KF3114.6 .P74 2009.

 GMU Online Resources:

• BNA Intellectual Property Resources — Complete, up-to-date information and guidance on all aspects of trademarks, patents, and copyrights, from traditional issues to the new universe of Internet and e-commerce law.
  • Computer Technology Law Report
  • BioTech Watch
  • E-Commerce Law Daily
  • Electric Commerce & Law Report
  • Intellectual Property Law Resource Center
  • Media Law Reporter
  • Pharmaceutical Law & Industry Report
  • Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal
  • Patent, Trademark & Copyright Law Daily
  • United States Patents Quarterly and KF 2975 .A2 U51
  • World Communications Regulation Report
  • World Intellectual Property Report
• Cambridge Scientific Abstracts — A cluster of databases including: Agricultural Sciences; Aquatic Sciences, Biology, Computer Science, Market Research and more.
• HeinOnline Intellectual Property Library — Digitized Law Journals.
• Index to Legal Periodicals and Books — Electronic database provides indexing of legal periodicals and books from 1908, full-text for more recent articles.
• ScienceDirect (Elsevier) — Provides online access (searching and browsing) to over 1600 journals published by Elsevier and its partners. Journals are available for most disciplines, including science, medicine, economics and the social sciences.
• Web of Knowledge — Consists of the three multidisciplinary Citation Indexes covering the fields of science, social sciences and arts & humanities. It has citations and searchable author abstracts covering more than 8,570 journals.

LexisNexis: Has comprehensive libraries containing full-text cases, statutes, regulations, news, journals, and treatises: Copyright Law Library | Patent Law Library | Trademark Law Library. (Law School users only)

See also individual treatises on LexisNexis:

• Chisum on Patents
• Nimmer on Copyright
• Intellectual Property Law Reviews
• Mealey’s Litigation Report
• Utility, Design and Plant Patents 1790-

Westlaw: (Law School users only)

• Federal Intellectual Property (FIP databases)
• McCarthy on Trademarks and Unfair Competition (MCCARTHY database)  
• Moy’s Walker on Patents (MOY-PAT database)
• Patent Law Fundamentals (PATLAWF database)
• Patry on Copyright (PATRYCOPY database)
• U.S. Patents Full-Text 1976- (US-PAT database) Reference to prior art in KeyCite
• U.S. Patents Pre 1975 (US-PATPRE76) KeyCite 1950-1975

Other Online Resources:

In addition to LexisNexis and Westlaw, other websites offer intellectual property information.  The most important consideration when using an online website is the credibility of the source. 

• Electronic Official Gazette for Patents
• European IP Law
• Google Patent Search
• International Trademark Association
• United States Copyright Office   
• United States Patent and Trademark Office 
• United States Trademark Law, Rules of Practice and Federal Statutes
• WIPO Lex - WIPO's search facility for national intellectual property laws and treaties of WIPO, WTO, and UN Members.
• World Intellectual Property Organization
• World Trade Organization