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Neutral Citation, Court Web Sites, And Access To Case Law, Peter W. Martin
Neutral Citation, Court Web Sites, And Access To Case Law, Peter W. Martin
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
In 1994 the Wisconsin Bar and Judicial Council together urged the Wisconsin Supreme Court to take two dramatic steps with the combined aim of improving access to state case law: 1) adopt a new system of neutral citation and 2) establish a digital archive of decisions directly available to all publishers and the public. The recommendations set off a storm, and the Wisconsin court deferred decision on the package. In the years since those events, the background conditions have shifted dramatically. Neutral citation has been endorsed by the AALL and ABA and formally adopted in over a dozen states, including …
Intellectual Property Research: From The Dustiest Law Book To The Most Far Off Database, Jon R. Cavicchi
Intellectual Property Research: From The Dustiest Law Book To The Most Far Off Database, Jon R. Cavicchi
Law Faculty Scholarship
This issue of IDEA introduces a regular series of articles on intellectual property research tools and strategies based on my experience for over a decade as Intellectual Property Librarian and Research Professor at Franklin Pierce Law Center. Pierce Law is consistently ranked among the top law schools training IP professionals. I have taught IP legal research, patent, trademark and copyright searching to hundreds of students and IP professionals in Pierce Law Graduate Programs. I have tackled hundreds of reference and research questions as well as working on countless projects requiring IP information. So I have been faced with challenges and …
Trademark Searching Tools And Strategies: Questions For The New Millennium, Jon R. Cavicchi
Trademark Searching Tools And Strategies: Questions For The New Millennium, Jon R. Cavicchi
Law Faculty Scholarship
The intent of this discussion is to raise questions about trademark searching which will be discussed in future issues of IDEA. I will lead you through the questions raised by my journey through primarily legal literature in treatises and periodicals on the Lexis and Westlaw platforms.