LibGuides: Patent Law Research Guide: Paper Topics/Current Awareness

Loyola Patent Interview Program (PLIP) Topics

3-5 pages.
Bluebook citations
Something practical and useful for attorney knowledge, or that could be sent to a client.
Use something you wrote for an employer during summer clerkship or externship, if possible.
Any IP topic will work, not just patents.
Looking for a Topic? Start with IP Watchdog (Go on the VPN to access off campus) or some of the other current awareness sources below.

IPWatchdog
by Patent Attorney Gene Quinn. The site also has information for inventors.
CPIP - Center for the Protection of Intellectual Property
George Mason University, Antonin Scalia Law School.
Patently-O
by Dennis Crouch, Associate Professor, University of Missouri School of Law and Jason Rantanen, Associate Professor, University of Iowa College of Law.
For free access for Law Students and Professors, sign up here.
IP Newsflash
by Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Felder LLP. Includes updates on the latest court rulings.
LexisNexis Communities - Intellectual Property News
Patent Docs
A patent law blog written by patent attorneys and agents.

IP Lexis Practice Advisor - Articles
Law360 Intellectual Property Page (Lexis+)
This is also available within the Lexis platform itself HERE
Lexis - Patent Law
Scroll down to News and Legal News
Westlaw Today - Intellectual Property
PTAB Litigation Blog
by Jones Day
Lexology (law firm client newsletters)
Free registration required. Can limit to Intellectual Property or search by tags, such as patent infringement, USPTO.
Written Description Blog
Patent & IP blog, discussing recent news & scholarship on patents, IP theory & innovation.

Besides searching journal articles on Lexis, Westlaw and the other general databases for finding law review articles, try:

Cornell Legal Information Institute - Patents
World Intellectual Property Organization
The United States Patent and Trademark Office
Bitlaw
A free legal resource for IP law. By the law firm of Tysver Beck Evans.
IP Mall
From University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law. "The Oldest and Most Critically Acclaimed Open Access Intellectual Property Platform on the Web."