Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) include Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, and Trade Secrets. This guide covers the Library's primary tools for understanding the basic framework of IPR in the United States. Those resources include introductory and in-depth treatises, major research databases, intellectual property law journals, research guides, and digital news resources.
How to Use This Guide
This guide will help you gain a basic understanding of IP law and conduct IP research. To use this guide, go to one of the following pages:
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IP Background offers a quick overview of basic IP concepts.
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IP Basics supplies tools to help you understand and begin research on basic IP law concepts.
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IP Research provides resources and links to resources to complete IP law research.
4. IP News & Blogs suggests resources on current trends in IP law.
Already Know Which Area of IP Interests You?
If you know which area of IP interests you, proceed directly to the LibGuides for that area of law:
The University of Michigan Law Library would like to thank law library volunteer Peter Strand for assembling these IP Law Guides. Peter's deep knowledge of IP Law forged during his decades in private practice was invaluable in the creation of these guides.
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