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Copyright Law Research Guide

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New Books on Copyright Law (not on Lexis or Westlaw)

3D Printing and Beyond by Dinusha Mendis (Editor); Mark Lemley (Editor); Matthew Rimmer (Editor)
Call Number: K3920 .A17 2019
Publication Date: 2019
Art and Modern Copyright by Elena Cooper
Call Number: Cambridge University Press Ebook
Publication Date: 2018-08-16
Authors in Court by Mark Rose
Call Number: K1420.5 .R67 2016
Publication Date: 2016
Copyright in the Music Industry by Hayleigh Bosher
Call Number: K1450 .B67 2021
Publication Date: 2021
Copyright Litigation Strategies by J. Michael Keyes (Editor); Dale Cendali (Editor)
Call Number: Akron Law Digital
Publication Date: 2019-04-22
Dmca Handbook for Online Service Providers, Websites, and Copyright Owners by Connie J. Mableson
Call Number: Akron Law Digital
Publication Date: 2019
The Economic Structure of Intellectual Property Law by William M. Landes; Richard A. Posner
Call Number: KF2979 .L36 2003
Publication Date: 2003-11-28
Also available as an ebook
Framing Intellectual Property Law in the 21st Century by Rochelle Cooper Dreyfuss (Editor); Elizabeth Siew-Kuan Ng (Editor)
Call Number: Cambridge University Press Ebook
Publication Date: 2018
Global Mandatory Fair Use by Lionel Bently; Tanya Aplin
Call Number: Cambridge University Press Ebook
Publication Date: 2020
The History of Intellectual Property Law by Oren Bracha (Editor)
Call Number: K1401 .H593 2018
Publication Date: 2018
2 volumes
The Innovation Society and Intellectual Property by Josef Drexl (Editor); Anselm Kamperman Sanders (Editor)
Call Number: K1401 .I54955 2019
Publication Date: 2019
Intellectual Property and the Judiciary by Christophe Geiger (Editor); Craig A. Nard (Editor); Xavier Seuba (Editor)
Call Number: K1401 .I58 2018
Publication Date: 2018
Intellectual Property and the Public Domain by Robert P. Merges (Editor); J. M. Urban; Amy L. Landers (Editor)
Call Number: K1401 .I58 2017
Publication Date: 2017
Research Handbook on the Economics of Intellectual Property Law by Peter Menell (Editor); Ben Depoorter (Editor); David Schwartz (Editor)
Call Number: K1401 .R4685 2019
Publication Date: 2019
2 volumes

Major Copyright Treatises

Copyright Law Deskbook (Bloomberg Law)
One Volume
Goldstein on Copyright - Vital Law
Intellectual property>Copyright
The Law of Copyright - Westlaw
By Howard B. Abrams. Multi-Volume
Nimmer on Copyright - KF2991.5 .N5 1978
Currently updated
Also available via Lexis+
Patry on Copyright - Westlaw
By William F. Patry. Multi-Volume.
Intellectual Property: The Law of Copyrights, Patents and Trademarks
Hornbook via West Academic
Copyright Registration Practice
on Westlaw
Also in print KF3004 .H39

U Akron Library Catalog

Free Open Source Copyright Law Books

Copyright Law: Cases and Materials
Jeanne C. Fromer and Christopher Jon Sprigman, 2019.
Copyright for the Rest of Us
by Roger C. Park, Douglas D. McFarland (2011)
The Librarian's Copyright Companion
James S. Heller, Paul Hellyer and Benjamin J., Keele (2012)