Trademarks & Copyrights
Practical Resources
- Bloomberg Law: Intellectual Property - Trademarks & Copyrights
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News, treatises, practice tools and cases on trademark and copyright law. - Practitioner Insights for Intellectual Property
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Portal that gathers all of Westlaw's IP materials in one place. - U.S. Patent & Trademark Office — TrademarksPortal for the USPTOs online trademark resources including TESS — a searchable database of registered trademarks — and TEAS — the online trademark filing system.
- Oregon Trade and Service Mark RegistrationForms for filing a trademark in Oregon.
- U.S. Copyright OfficeGovernment website providing resources for registering and researching copyrights.
Treatises & Texts
- Nimmer on Copyright The major treatise on copyright law, this 12 volume set (available in print and on Lexis), includes in-depth, comprehensive analysis of modern U.S. copyright law affecting printed works, plays and motion pictures, music, artistic property, software and digital content delivered over the Internet.
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- McCarthy on Trademarks and Unfair Competition
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This authoritative treatise contains advice and analysis on formulating, registering, licensing, protecting, and litigating trademarks and related rights.
Trademark Search Tools
- Westlaw Trademark Search
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Westlaw's trademark database combines state, federal, and several foreign and international trademark registers. - Oregon Trademark RegistrySearchable database of trademarks registered in Oregon.
- Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)TESS is the USPTO's trademark search platform.
Patents
- Bloomberg Law: Intellectual Property - Patents & Trade SecretsNews, practice tools, and cases on patent and trade secrets law. Features a patent search tool.
- Practitioner Insights for Intellectual PropertyPortal that gathers all of Westlaw's IP materials in one place.
- U.S. Patent & Trademark Office — PatentsPortal for the USPTOs online patent resources including their searchable patent and application databases and their online filing system.
- EspacenetEuropean Patent Office database for global search.
- Practical Law: Patent Counseling & TransactionsPractice material addressing patent related issues.
Treatises & Texts
- Chisum on PatentsThe authoritative treatise on the creation and litigation of patent rights.
