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Intellectual Property Law

What is Intellectual Property Law

Intellectual Property Law is concerned with encouraging human innovation and creativity without unduly restricting dissemination of its fruits. Intellectual property is broad in scope covering a wide spectrum of creative mediums: literature, visual arts, music, drama, movies, biotechnology, computer software, etc.

Intellectual Property can be grouped into four different categories: Trademarks, Trade Secrets, Copyrights, and Patents. These four categories illustrate only one way to organize the various subsets of Intellecual Property Law. Another growing area of Intellectual Property Law is International Intellectual Property Law because of the varying degrees of rights one has in creative innovation. This page contains a link under the "Other Research Guides" tab to a few International Intellectual Property Law Reserach Guides.

Study Aids for Intellectual Property

Print and Electronic Resources at Georgia State University

Intellectual Property Blogs

Blogs and Internet News Sites for Intellectual Property

Intellectual Property Law Databases

Helpful Intellectual Property Databases

Intellectual Property Treatises

CALI Lessons

The Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction produces interactive lessons authored by legal scholars and professionals that cover substantive law, as well as legal research and writing. The lessons include a mix of background information and questions.

Developing a Research Strategy

Before diving into a research project, it's essential to have a strategy for how you will conduct your research. 

At the Law Library, we've developed a research worksheet that you can use to help organize the information you've been given and develop a plan for your research. Feel free to make copies and use it as you're given research assignments.

Study Aids

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