Intellectual Property Librarians' Caucus

DESCRIPTION

Formed in 1996, the PLL/SIS Intellectual Property Librarians' caucus is a community of librarians who support IP practices or have an interest in patent, trademark and copyright issues. Since its founding, the Intellectual Property (IP) group has provided education, collaboration and networking opportunities for AALL members, from the most experienced IP researcher to the newbie librarian.

With the emergence and consistent growth of IP as a focus for businesses and the law firms that support them, it remains vital for law firm librarians to stay in tune with the resources available to support those practices and to build a network of like-minded professionals who can share experiences and expertise. Law firm information professionals are not only tasked with managing the right combination of IP research resources for the firm, but also with arming our lawyers with knowledge of what may be used by clients, counsel and R&D departments. This delicate balance can only be maintained by leveraging our collective knowledge of the IP information landscape, by connecting and sharing with our peers.

2011-2013 LEADERSHIP

Emily Florio
Manager of Libraries & Library Information Systems
Fish & Richardson P.C.
One Marina Park Drive
Boston, MA 02210
Phone: (617) 368-2102
Fax: (617) 542-8906
Email: florio@fr.com

Jeff Bois
Director of Research & Information Services
Foley & Lardner
111 Huntington Ave Ste 2600
Boston, MA 02199-7610
Phone: (617) 502-3245
Email: jbois@foley.com

Luci Barry
Library Manager
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
201 Redwood Shores Pkwy
Redwood Shores, CA 94065
Phone: (650) 802-3024
Email: luci.barry@weil.com

2011-2013 WEBINARS

6/19/2013: Patent Research 101, part 2 (recording here and handout here)
6/12/2013: Patent Research 101, part 1 (recording here and handout here)
4/17/2013: Follow the Virtual Breadcrumbs: Tracking Elusive Trademark Infringers (recording here and handout here)
6/19/2012: Patents 101: The Best of the Best Free Search Services:(recording here and handout here]
4/24/2012: Shift This!: A Paradigm for Integrating Law School & Law Firm Patent Research
3/6/2012: Searching ITC Material on EDIS
12/7/2011: International Trade Commission (ITC) Research - Tips from the Pros

ANNUAL MEETING PROGRAMS & EVENTS

Sunday 7/14/2013: A5: Intellectual Property Basics: Resources to Support an IP Practice
Monday 7/15/2013: IP Group Business Meeting and Luncheon (by invitation) (sponsored by Thomson Reuters IP Solutions)

2012 ANNUAL MEETING PROGRAMS AND EVENTS

C5: Hot Topics in Copyright for Librarians (handout here)
K6: I Have a Patent Number- Now What? (handout here)
IP Vendor Panel & Reception

ANNUAL REPORTS

2008-2009 Annual Report | 2008-2009 Participation Recognition Report | Business Meeting Minutes, 2009 AALL Intellectual Property Committee

RECOMMENDED SERVICES FOR SEARCH, ARTICLE, AND TRANSLATION DELIVERY

HANDOUTS AND MATERIALS FROM ANNUAL MEETINGS

July 2010 - AALL Program What's A Reasonable Royalty Rate? The What, Why & How of Patent and Technology Licensing Research , 103rd Annual Meeting and Conference, Denver, CO

July 2010 - AALL Program 60 IP Sites in 60 Minutes, 103rd Annual Meeting and Conference, Denver, CO

July 2009 - AALL Program What's in a Name, Trademark Searching, Services, & Domain Names, 102nd Annual Meeting and Conference, Washington, DC

July 2009 - AALL Program The Changing World of Information Access at the USPTO, 102nd Annual Meeting and Conference, Washington, DC

July 2008 - AALL Program (H-5) Patent Searching Demystified, 101st Annual Meeting and Conference, Portland, OR

PowerPoint Presentation
How to Read a Patent Report (Word)
How to Read a Patent Report (PDF)

July 2006 - AALL Program (H-3) 60 Intellectual Property Sites in 60 Minutes, 99th Annual Meeting and Conference, St. Louis MO

July 2005 - AALL Program (G1) So, Now You've Got an IP Practice, 98th Annual Meeting and Conference, San Antonio TX

ARTICLES FROM PLL PERSPECTIVES:

2010:
IP Vendor Panel Review by Donna M. Fisher, Senniger Powers LLP

60 IP Sites in 60 Minutes by Betsy Chessler, Morrison & Foerster LLP

What's a Reasonable Royalty Rate? by Donna M. Fisher, Senniger Powers LLP

2008:
Domain Name Research Who Owns That URL?
by Rebecca Olson, Alston & Bird, Charlotte, NC

New Directions For Dialog
by Betsy Chessler, Morrison & Foerster, LLP, San Diego, CA

2007:
Document Delivery for IP Law � Unique Resources for a Unique Practice
by Amanda S. Merk, Fish & Richardson P.C., Boston, MA

2005:
Welcome To The Wonderful World Of IP
by Linda Jean Schneider, Drinker, Biddle & Reath, LLP, Philadelphia, PA

A Day In The Life Of An IP Librarian
by Hope Porter, Merchant & Gould, Minneapolis, MN

IP Blogs: Pocket Parts For A Digital Age
by Robert J. Ambrogi, Rockport, MA

The IP Librarians Web Favorites
by Jennifer C. Groh and Clifford Hoffman, Morgan & Finnegan LLP, New York, NY

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RESOURCES

PIUG 2009 NE Conference Report

A Design Patent Bibliography Compiled by Don Boman of Kenyon & Kenyon - July, 2007

PATENTS

EPO Virtual Helpdesk http://www.epo.org/patents/patent-information/east-asian/helpdesk.html
Collected resources related to Asian patent collections, including China, Taiwan, India, Japan, and Korea.

Intellogist http://www.intellogist.com/wiki/Main_Page
A wiki offering reports on patent search systems, comparison tables, best practices articles, and a global coverage map with links to national patent offices

IP Menu http://www.ipmenu.com/
A directory of intellectual property resources by country

Patently-O http://www.patentlyo.com/
A well known patent law blog

PIUG Wiki http://wiki.piug.org/display/PIUG/PIUG+Space
The Patent Information Users Group wiki contains patent information retrieval questions and answers

PriorSmart http://www.priorsmart.com/
This website offers an IP news portal and a federated search engine with links to national patent office websites for many countries

WIPO Gold http://www.wipo.int/wipogold/en/
Directory to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)'s assorted IP databases

TRADEMARKS

USPTO TDR Portlet

http://tmportal.uspto.gov/external/portal/tow

US Trademark Document Retrieval

International Trademark Association http://www.inta.org/GlobalTrademark/Pages/main.aspx

Global Trademark Research

Trademark Resources from Cornell Law http://topics.law.cornell.edu/wex/Trademark

Collected resources from Cornell Law

Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market

http://oami.europa.eu/ows/rw/pages/index.en.do

OHIM is the European Union agency responsible for registering trade marks and designs