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Intellectual Property Legal Research Resources

Some of these databases are available to the entire Boston College community. Others are restricted to BC Law. Off campus you may be asked to authenticate with your BC credentials or you may need a personal password to access these databases.

Electronic Treatises

Whether or not you know the publisher, many IP treatises are available at your desktop. Here are links to some of them.

Major Copyright Treatises

Goldstein on Copyright by Paul Goldstein
ISBN: 0735546118
Publication Date: 2005-
Full text on Westlaw.
Nimmer on Copyright: a Treatise on the Law of Literary, Musical and Artistic Property, and the Protection of Ideas by Melville B. Nimmer and David Nimmer
Publication Date: 1978-
Full text on Lexis.
Patry on Copyright by William F. Patry
ISBN: 0314946268
Publication Date: 2007-
Full text on Westlaw.

Major Treatises on Patents

Chisum on Patents: A Treatise on the Law of Patentability, Validity and Infringement by Donald S. Chisum
Call Number: Law General Collection KF 3114 .C47
Publication Date: 1978-
Available on LexisNexis
Moy’s Walker on Patents by R. Carl Moy
Call Number: Law General Collection KF 3114.D45x
Publication Date: 2003-
Available on Westlaw

Trademark Treatise

McCarthy on Trademarks and Unfair Competition by J. Thomas McCarthy
Call Number: Law General Collection KF 3180.M32 1996
Publication Date: 1996–
Available on Westlaw

Trade Secret Treatise

Milgrim on Trade Secrets by Roger M. Milgrim
Call Number: Law General Collection KF3197.M55
Publication Date: 1967–
Available on LexisNexis