Other Resources: Patent Searching & Professional Associations
Patent Law Research Guide
This guide focuses on one area of intellectual property law, patent law, and provides an introduction to key resources for conducting patent law research at Georgetown.
Search the full-text of patents issued since 1976 and images of patents from 1790, patent applications published since March 2001, and patent assignments since August 1980.
Google Patents contains information on patents and applications from the USPTO. Viewing images of patents is easier in Google Patents than it is in on the USPTO site, which requires a special plug-in.
Special section of the American Bar Association for intellectual property attorneys. The section is responsible for numerous useful publications on intellectual property law, including its magazine, Landslide.
National Bar Association of lawyers involved in the practice of intellectual property law. The website includes amicus briefs filed by AIPLA, comments on proposed rules and regulations, a list of key IP legislation introduced in Congress, model patent jury instructions, model patent rules, and more. Some content is restricted to members.
