Sarah Friedman, Library of Congress; Research Guides in Focus – Intellectual Property Law: A Beginner’s Guide
"The Law Library of Congress is pleased to announce the publication of the new research guide, Intellectual Property Law: A Beginner’s Guide. This guide provides an overview of resources for researching patent, copyright, and trademark law.
The guide begins with a general explanation of intellectual property, followed by print and online resources for further learning about the subject. There are also tabs for resources specific to patent, copyright, and trademark law. For each area of intellectual property law, we have gathered secondary sources, statutes, regulations, treaties, databases for searching records, case law sources, lists of organizations that can assist with applications for protection, and other online resources.
We hope that this guide will be a valuable resource for researchers seeking to learn more about intellectual property laws, researchers searching for existing patent, copyright, and trademark records, and researchers who want to learn about the processes to apply for protection for their intellectual property. As always, we encourage researchers who have further questions, comments, or feedback about this guide to reach out to us through Ask a Librarian."
