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