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Patent Law: Westlaw And Lexis

United States patent law research involves federal statutes, administrative materials, cases and secondary source materials. This research guide focuses primarily on federal patent law research with a particular focus on litigation.

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Westlaw & Lexis

As noted throughout this guide, Westlaw and Lexis contain many of the primary and secondary materials you may use to conduct research in federal law. Both services have created research areas that enable you to search across all relevant databases within the service.