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Intellectual Property Law Resource Center™

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What this service is:  

Now, everything you need to work more efficiently and keep up with the latest industry developments is in one place. Bloomberg BNA’s Intellectual Property Law Resource Center merges more than 80 years of case law from United States Patents Quarterly®, industry-leading news and commentary from Patent Trademark & Copyright Journal®, reliable, in-depth analysis from expert practitioners, time-saving practice tools, and relevant statues and regulations.

What it helps you do:  

  • Access the full-text decisions of the most significant intellectual property, trademark, and copyright law cases from United States Patent Quarterly , Bloomberg BNA's fully-headnoted online library of every significant IP case since 1929. 
  • Keep up with the developments that most affect U.S. IP law—cases, legislation, regulation, agency guidance, and industry intelligence—via BNA’s Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal.   
  • Receive clear guidance on the issues most affecting your practice or clients using Bloomberg BNA’s renowned collection of 22 IP law treatises, available in the following packages: Patent Litigation, Patent Prosecution, IP Technology, Copyright and Trademark Law.  
  • Locate case summaries and filings of interest before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) with Bloomberg BNA’s PTAB Challenge Navigator.  
  • Get to the heart of IP-related legal, legislative, and regulatory news and trends from around the world with the World Intellectual Property Report™.  
  • Learn the perspectives of industry thought leaders on legal developments, legislative activity, and trends via BNA Insights’ unique series of articles and videos.   
  • Search news, analysis, relevant statues and regulations, and U.S. Patents Quarterly case law at the same time.   
  • Quickly stay informed on which rulings are relevant to your case with headnotes prepared by Bloomberg BNA legal editors, via our exclusive Headnote Finder tool.  
  • Get fast answers to your questions using the Resource Center’s smart user interface, organized by practice area so you can quickly find the information you are looking for.  
  • Link directly from the text of cases to where that case has been cited in the news, in other pertinent cases, or in a treatise with the helpful ‘Cited-In’ Function.   
  • Track your competitors in the news, and find out about law firm changes, in our People on the Move section.  

Product Structure

Reference: analysis, guidance, and primary source material

Decisions: full-text judicial, administrative, and arbitrator opinions and rulings, with headnotes

Notification: current reports providing news and developments

Formats and Frequency   

The Resource Center is updated continually. BNA’s Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal e-mail updates are sent out daily, plus latest-development e-mails as important news breaks.World Intellectual Property Report e-mail updates are sent out continually. 

  • Biotechnology
  • Cable TV and digital audio recording technology
  • Computer software protection
  • Copyrights
  • Derivative works
  • Dilution
  • Electronic commerce
  • Fair use
  • First-to-file patent system
  • Generic drugs
  • Genetic engineering
  • "On sale" and public use
  • Import restrictions
  • Inequitable conduct
  • Internet
  • Patents
  • Product configuration
  • PTO procedures
  • Public performance
  • Software protection
  • Tariff and trade agreements
  • Technology innovation
  • Trade secrets
  • Trademarks
  • Unfair competition