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European Patent Law

For summer semester European Patent Law class. Databases for patent searching, sources for paper topic selection, primary and secondary sources for researching European Patent Law issues.

National Law Sources

See the Secondary Sources tab for sources with summaries of patent law in each country.

As far as primary sources, Westlaw has statutes for the U.K. and France.  Some case law is available in Westlaw, see below.  Lexis has cases and statutes available for the U.K,, but for few other countries.

Primary law for specific countries can be found on the Internet - use the Guides linked below to help you find it.

How do I find information on the laws and governments of other countries?

The following websites contain information on foreign legal systems as well as links to key legal materials.  This includes cases, legislation, constitutions and other key legal materials.  Most of these sites allow you to search countries alphabetically.  These lists are quite comprehensive.  You should have no problem finding research guides for most countries. 

Books - International Legal Research