Intellectual Property materials are generally found in the call number range KF2971-KF3193.
Books are on 10 or in Academic Success on 6 (and in rare cases, on reserve on 6).
Related Subject Headings include:
Intellectual property -- United States
A patent is a monopoly, granted by the federal government for a limited period of time, to make, use, or sell an invention. Today, patents are granted in the United States by the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) of the Department of Commerce. The British origins of American patent law extend back to the Letters of Protection to John Kempe, issued in 1331, and the Statute of Monopolies enacted in 1624. After American independence, under the Articles of Confederation, the power to grant patents was retained by the states. Under the Constitution, the federal government was so empowered by Article I, Section 8, Clause 8. Since Gibbons v. Ogden, 22 U.S. 1 (1824), as a practical matter, the states have not been in the business of granting patents.
The First Congress passed the Patent Act of 1790. Subsequent statutes involving patents were enacted in 1793, 1836, and 1870. During the next 82 years some 60 additional amendments were enacted. The next major revision came in the form of the Patent Act of 1952, which is the statute still in effect, as amended. This may be found at 35 U.S.C. Sections 1-376.
Bloomberg Law
One starting point is the Bloomberg Law patents & trade secrets (also see Lexis and Westlaw), which comprises:
Lexis and Westlaw
Both Lexis and Westlaw have subject-specific tabs that can be added to your personal page to help focus your research. Be aware that all resources listed may not be available as part of UIC Law's academic subscription.
IICLE: Intellectual Property, KF2979 .I58, and on IICLE Smartbooks
Midwest Transaction Guide, 9th floor - KFI1268 .M55, and on Lexis
Jay Dratler, Jr., Intellectual Property Law: Commercial, Creative, and Industrial Property (1991-date) 10th floor - KF2979 .D72, available in Lexis
Michael A. Epstein, Epstein on Intellectual Property (5th ed. 2005-date) 10th floor - KF 2976.5 E67
Roger E. Schechter & John R. Thomas, Intellectual Property: The Law of Copyrights, Patents and Trademarks (2003) 6th floor, Academic Success and reserve - KF2980 .S3
Eric E. Bensen, Patent Law Perspectives (2023), available in Lexis
Donald S. Chisum, Chisum on Patents (1978-date) KF2994 .A47, available in Lexis
Robert L. Harmon, Harmon on Patents: Black-Letter Law and Commentary (2007) KF3114 .H35, available in Bloomberg
Robert L. Harmon, Patents and the Federal Circuit (8th ed. 2007-date) KF3114 .H347, available in Bloomberg
Ronald B. Hildreth, Patent Law: A Practitioner’s Guide (4th ed. 2012-) KF3098 .H54
Roger M. Milgrim, Milgrim on Licensing (1990-date) KF3145.A6 M55, available in Lexis
R. Carl Moy, Moy’s Walker on Patents (4th ed. 2003-date) KF3114 M69, available in Westlaw
Peter D. Rosenberg, Patent Law Fundamentals (2d ed. 1980-date) KF3114 .R723, available in Westlaw
Patent law in a nutshell
Patent law / Janice M. Mueller
Patent law / Craig Allen Nard, R. Polk Wagner
Intellectual property : examples & explanationsThe library has many of IP-related study guides in the Academic Success collection on the 6th Floor.
