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Top 50 Intellectual Property Law Blogs of All Time - Source Justia Blawgsearch

According to Justia's Blawgsearch, these are the top 50 Intellectual Property Law Blogs of all time

1.  IP Thinktank
2. IPKat
3. Patent Docs
4. Patently-O
5. IPBiz
6. The Trademark Blog
7. Recording Industry v. The People
8.  Technology & Marketing Law Blog
9. 43(B)log
10. Philip Brooks Patent Infringement Blog
11. University of Chicago Law School Faculty Blog
12.  Chicago IP Litigation Blog
13.  Two Seventy-One Patent Blog
14.  Eastern District of Texas Federal Court Practice Blog
15.  The TTABlog
16. Illinois Business Law Society
17. Seattle Trademark Lawyer
18. Orange Book Blog
19.  Plagiarism Today
20.  Patent Baristas
21.  Erik J. Heels
22.  I/P Updates
23. Los Angeles Intellectual Property Blog
24. Patent Arcade
25.  University of Chicago Law School Faculty Podcast
26.  The Patry Copyright Blog
27.  Copywrite
28.  Anticipatethis.com
29.  US Law Watch
30.  Furd Log
31.  The Prior Art
32.  Library Law Blog
33.  IP Watchdog
34.   Likelihood of Confusion
35.  Trade Secrets Blog
36.   Tiny Tech IP
37.   Maryland Intellectual Property Law Blog
38.  Daily Dose of IP
39.  Internet Cases
40.  ITC 337 Law Blog
41.  Counterfeit Chic
42.  IP Dragon
43.  Law & Disorder
44.  The Invent Blog
45.  Patent Prospector
46.  Filewrapper.com
47.  Duets Blog
48.  Ruling Imagination:  Law and Creativity
49.  TechnoLlama
50.  Copyright Litigation Blog



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Top 40 Intellectual Property Lawyers on Twitter #IP #LAW

Intellectual Property Legal Birds (on Twitter) by Community Connections

1.   Erik J. Heels (@ErikJHeels)
2.    Mr. Brett Trout (@BrettTrout)
3.   Timothy Powers O'Neill (@TimothyPONeill)
4.   Venkat Balasubramani (@VBalasubramani)
5.   Brent C.J. Britton (@bcjb)
6.   Mr. Thomas J. O'Toole (@bnatechlaw)
7.   Timothy Anderson (@UtahLegalGuy)
8.   Alec Brian Wisner (@AlecWisner)
9.     Kevin Eugene Houchin (@kevinhouchin)
10.  Victoria Pynchon (@ipadrblog)
11.   Gordon Philip Firemark (@gfiremark)
12.   Enrico Schaefer (@Enrico1999)
13.   Glenn B. Manishin (@glennm)
14.   Gregory A. Beck (@gbeck)
15.   Kevin A. Thompson (@cyberlaw)
16.   Steven O'Donnell (@odonnellsteve)
17.  Donald Curtis Kudler Esq. (@DonaldKudler)
18   Matthew Koziarz (@X_Comprising)
19.  Duncan Bucknell (@IPThinkTank)
20   Stephen N. Nipper (@nipper)
21.   Jamil Abdo (@JamilAbdo)
22.   Scott Gibson (@TradeSecretLaw)
23.   Ray Beckerman (@RayBeckerman)
24.   Jon Ethan Lewis (@Jon_Lewis)
25.   Daniel Reisman (@DanielReisman)
26.   David Hardin Milligan (@dmilligan)
27.   Scott R. Cleere (@MadCityCon)
28.   J. Matthew Buchanan (@ptp)
29.   Kenneth David Suzan (@ksuzan)
30.   Jonathan D. Frieden (@JonathanFrieden)
31.    Brian Fletcher (@BrianNFletcher)
32.  Olga Zalomiy (@olgazalomiy)
33.   Latoicha Phillips Givens (@IPLAW101)
34.  Mark David Torche (@patwrite)
35.   Lior Leser (@web20lawyer)
36.   Matthew Saunders (@mattsaunders)
37.   Joseph Duc Dang (@josephdang)
38.   Dana Melissa Newman (@DanaNewman)
39.   Ms. Jan Matthew Tamanini (@JMTLaw)
40.  Rodney Mesriani (@MesrianiLaw)

Source Justia's Legal Birds - Ranked by Community Connection.


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Judiciary Announces Assessment and Improvements to PACER Electronic Case Access Portal

The Federal Judiciary has released an assessment of the PACER service, find it here.

Although the video touts the availability of Digital Audio files, according to PACER's website, only a few courts have made the service available, and the recording is only available if the presiding judge decides to post it on PACER.

From http://www.pacer.gov/:

Digital Audio Recording Project



Digital audio recordings are now available to the public via internet access to the PACER system. In March 2010, the Judicial Conference approved the plan to make digital audio recordings available on PACER after a two-year pilot project showed significant public interest in accessing these files. Prior to the pilot, access was only possible by obtaining a CD recording from a court clerks office for $26. The new digital files cost $2.40.


The presiding judge determines if the audio recording will be posted on PACER. Digital audio recording is used in most bankruptcy and many district courts (where magistrate judges account for most of the usage).


The following seven courts provide access to audio files through the PACER system: the U.S. District Courts in Nebraska and the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; the U.S. Bankruptcy Courts in the Eastern District of North Carolina, Northern District of Alabama, Southern District of New York, Rhode Island and Maine.

Having more courts participate and making it an "opt-out" system would make PACER truly revolutionary in digital audio recordings and be a tremendous money-saver.

From the assessment, it looks like a number of good new changes are coming to PACER.  It is amazing to see that PACER grew to over a million accounts by the end of 2009.




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A Thief Cannot Pass Good Title: Research Tips on West Reference Attorney Blog

How does one research a Nazi art looting case?

Coverage of the Bakalar v. Vavra case and interview with me in the wake of my victory for the heirs of Fritz Grunbaum at the Second Circuit at the West Reference Attorney Blog under the heading "A Thief Cannot Pass Good Title" here.

I met a number of West Reference Attorneys when I took a tour of the West HQ and printing plant in Eagan, MN.  They are a great group, check out their blog for the latest topics in legal research/news.

 More on Fritz Grunbaum and the theft of artworks from him when he was in the Dachau concentration camp here.

For a translation of the Second Circuit's Bakalar v. Vavra decision into German, go here.


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Copyright Law Practitioners: Legal Research Database for IP Lawyers Now Has Copyright Litigation Handbook

The All Intellectual Property Analytical Database on Westlaw which contains such classics as McCarthy on Trademarks now contains Copyright Litigation Handbook.   If your firm or law school subscribes to this library, you can access the Copyright Litigation Handbook 2010, which just shipped last week, by typing database identifier COPYLITIG into Westlaw.

For more information about Copyright Litigation Handbook 2010, plus detailed information on its contents, see my last blog post here.

Here is a list of the contents of the All Intellectual Property Analytical Database on Westlaw.

ABI-BANKIP Bankruptcy and Its Impact on Intellectual Property

ADVEBUS Advising eBusinesses

AFAVIP Assets and Finance: Audits and Valuation of Intellectual Property, Internal Controls, Materiality, and Investment

AFINS Assets and Finance: Insurance Coverage for Intellectual Property and Cyber Claims

AIPLAQJ AIPLA Quarterly Journal

ALBLJST Albany Law Journal of Science and Technology

ALR-PAT American Law Reports–Patents

AMJURLF-PAT American Jurisprudence Legal Forms 2d: Patents

AMJUR-PAT American Jurisprudence 2d: Patents

ANEBUSLB Andrews E-Business Law Bulletin

ANPATDIG Annotated Patent Digest (Matthews)

ARTARCHLAW Art, Artifact, Architecture, and Museum Law

BERKTLJ Berkeley Technology Law Journal

BFIPLJ Buffalo Intellectual Property Law Journal

BIOTECHLAW Biotechnology and the Law

BUJSTL Boston University Journal of Science and Technology Law

CALCIPDAM Calculating Intellectual Property Damages

CALLMANN Callmann on Unfair Competition, Trademarks, and Monopolies

CCGINTLP Corporate Counsel's Guide to Intellectual Property: Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks, and Trade Secrets

CCGPTRSE Corporate Counsel's Guide to Protecting Trade Secrets

CCGRCOMP Corporate Counsel's Guide to Relations with Competitors

CCGUNFCOM Corporate Counsel's Guide to Unfair Competition

CCGWARR Corporate Counsel's Guide to Warranties

CDZAELJ Cardozo Arts and Entertainment Law Journal

CHIKJIP Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual Property

CJS-PATENT Corpus Juris Secundum: Patents

CLAIMCFC Claim Construction in the Federal Circuit

CLMJLA Columbia Journal of Law and the Arts

COMENT Hastings Communications and Entertainment Law Journal (COMM/ENT)

COMPINF Computer and Information Law Digest

COMPSOFT Computer Software: Protection, Liability, Law, Forms

COPYLAW Law of Copyright

COPYLBP Copyright Law in Business and Practice

COPYLITIG Copyright Litigation Handbook

COPYWORLD Copyright Throughout the World

CORPC-IP Corporate Compliance Series: Intellectual Property

CYBERCRLR Cybercrime Law Report

DATASPL Data Security and Privacy Law: Combating Cyberthreats

DOMAIN-GPP Domain Names–Global Practice and Procedure

DPLJATIP DePaul Journal of Art, Technology, and Intellectual Property Law

DUKELTR Duke Law and Technology Review

DUWORLD Designs and Utility Models Throughout the World

ECKLICN Eckstrom's Licensing in Foreign and Domestic Operations

ECKLICN-FO Eckstrom's Licensing in Foreign and Domestic Operations: The Forms and Substance of Licensing

ECKLICNFO-FRAN Eckstrom's Licensing in Foreign and Domestic Operations: Forms–Franchising

ECKLICN-JV Eckstrom's Licensing in Foreign and Domestic Operations: Joint Ventures

ENTERTAIN Entertainment Law: Legal Concepts and Business Practices

ENTLR Entertainment Law Reporter

EUROPATENT Guide to European Patents

EXPWIT-IP Expert Witnesses: Intellectual Property Cases

FDMIPMELJ Fordham Intellectual Property, Media, and Entertainment Law Journal

FIP-TBMP1D Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Manual of Procedure, First Edition

FIP-TBMP2D Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Manual of Procedure, Second Edition

FIP-TMEP2D Federal Intellectual Property–Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure, Second Edition

FIP-TMEP3D Federal Intellectual Property–Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure, Third Edition

FIP-TMEP4TH Federal Intellectual Property–Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure, Fourth Edition

FIP-TMEP5TH Federal Intellectual Property–Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure, Fifth Edition

FIP-TMEP6TH Federal Intellectual Property–Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure, Sixth Edition

FRANCHDIST Franchise and Distribution Law and Practice

FRANCHRR Franchising Realities and Remedies

GENPHARMA Generic Pharmaceutical Patent and FDA Law

GLCYLAW Cyberspace Lawyer

GLEBLCR Electronic Banking Law and Commerce Report

GLECOMLR E-Commerce Law Report

GLEFILR E-Filing Report

GLERISALR ERISA Litigation Reporter

GLFDLR Futures and Derivatives Law Report

GLILR Internet Law Researcher

GLINTCON Internet Connection

GLMALAW M&A Lawyer

GLPRINLR Privacy and Information Law Report

GLSLR Securities Litigation Report

GLWSLAW Wallstreetlawyer.com: Securities in the Electronic Age

HECTEC E-Commerce and Technology

HVJLT Harvard Journal of Law and Technology

IDEA IDEA: The Intellectual Property Law Review

INFOLAW Information Law

INTERNET Internet Law and Practice

INTRPARTES Inter Partes Reexamination

IPCOMMERCE Intellectual Property in Commerce

IPDD Intellectual Property Due Diligence in Corporate Transactions

IPLBL Intellectual Property Law for Business Lawyers

IPLITGUIDE Intellectual Property Litigation Guide: Patents and Trade Secrets

IPMA Intellectual Property in Mergers and Acquisitions

IP-PROFDIR International Professional Directory

IP-STRAT IP Strategy: Complete Intellectual Property Planning, Access, and Protection

IP-TP-PRO Intellectual Property Analytical Library Combined

ISJLP I/S: A Journal of Law and Policy for the Information Society

JCPS Journal of the Copyright Society of the U.S.A.

JIPL Journal of Intellectual Property Law

JLTECH Journal of Law and Technology

JMARJCIL John Marshall Journal of Computer and Information Law

JMARRIPL John Marshall Review of Intellectual Property Law

JPNPATLIT Japanese Patent Litigation

JPTOS Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society

LAWLIT Law and Literature

LBCOMPSW Law and Business of Computer Software

LCOMTECH Law of Computer Technology

LEGALWORKS LegalWorks Newsletter Multibase

LICENSATM Licensing and the Art of Technology Management

LICLAW Licensing Law Handbook

LINDEY3D Lindey on Entertainment, Publishing, and the Arts, 3d

LMCL Law of Merchandise and Character Licensing

LYLAELR Loyola of Los Angeles Entertainment Law Review

MARQIPLR Marquette Intellectual Property Law Review

MARQSLR Marquette Sports Law Review

MCCARTHY McCarthy on Trademarks and Unfair Competition

MEDDEVPAT Medical Device Patents

MEDIAWORLD Media, Advertising, and Entertainment Law Throughout the World

MITTLR Michigan Telecommunications and Technology Law Review

MODLICENLAW Modern Licensing Law

MOY-PAT Moy's Walker on Patents

MPATLAWP Modern Patent Law Precedent

NANOLB Nanotechnology Law and Business

NANOTECH Nanotechnology Law

NCJLT North Carolina Journal of Law and Technology

NICHOLS-LFPAT Nichols Cyclopedia of Legal Forms: Patents

PATAPP Patent Applications Handbook

PATBASICS Patent Law Basics

PATCLAIM Patent Claims

PATDAMAGES Patent Damages Law and Practice

PATDIGEST Federal Circuit Patent Case Digests

PATENT-JI Patent Jury Instruction Handbook

PATFORMS Patent Official Forms

PATLAWF Patent Law Fundamentals

PATLAWHAND Patent Law Handbook

PATLEGECON Patent Law: Legal and Economic Principles

PATLWHB-OLD Patent Law Handbook Old

PATPRACFRM Patent Law Practice Forms

PATRYCOPY Patry on Copyright

PATRYFAIR Patry on Fair Use

PAT-TP-PRO Patent Law Analytical Library Combined

PATWORLD Patents Throughout the World

PMPEP Practitioner's Manual of Patent Examining Procedure

PRELITPAT Pre-Litigation Patent Enforcement

PROTIPBORD Protecting Intellectual Property Rights Across Borders

REELGUIDE Film and Multimedia and the Law

RMDJLT Richmond Journal of Law and Technology

RTPUBPRIV Rights of Publicity and Privacy

RUCTLJ Rutgers Computer and Technology Law Journal

SCCHITLJ Santa Clara Computer and High Technology Law Journal

SHJSEL Seton Hall Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law

SPLAWJ Sports Lawyers Journal

STATECOM State Computer Law: Commentary, Cases, and Statutes

TDPROT Trade Dress Protection

TECHLIC Multimedia and Technology Licensing Agreements

TLNJTIP Tulane Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property

TMARKR Trademark Reporter, The

TMPJSTEL Temple Journal of Science, Technology, and Environmental Law

TMPRACFORM Trademark Law Practice Forms, 2d

TMPRWLD Trademark Practice Throughout the World

TMPRWLD-FRAN

Trademark Practice Throughout the World: Franchising

TM-TP-PRO Trademark Law Analytical Library Combined

TMWORLD Trademarks Throughout the World

TRADESEC Trade Secrets Throughout the World

TRDSECRT Trade Secrets Law

TTABPP Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Practice and Procedure

TXIPLJ Texas Intellectual Property Law Journal

UBAIPLJ University of Baltimore Intellectual Property Law Journal

UCLAELR UCLA Entertainment Law Review

UCLAJLT UCLA Journal of Law and Technology

UILJLTP University of Illinois Journal of Law, Technology, and Policy

UMIAESLR University of Miami Entertainment and Sports Law Review

UNFAIRCOMP Federal Unfair Competition: Lanham Act 43(a)

USPTOTM-RULES USPTO Trademark Filing Rules

VAJLT Virginia Journal of Law and Technology

VLSELJ Villanova Sports and Entertainment Law Journal

WEST-LFPAT West's Legal Forms: Patent Law

WJCOMPI Westlaw Journal Computer and Internet

WJENT Westlaw Journal Entertainment Industry

WJINSC Westlaw Journal Insurance Coverage

WJINTPROP Westlaw Journal Intellectual Property

YJLT Yale Journal of Law and Technology

 

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Legal Materials Product Review: Copyright Litigation Handbook on Westlaw Next and Kindle

West publishing is rolling out Westlaw Next, a whole new way of accessing and working with content accessed through Westlaw.  Searches are a lot more intuitive, content is found through Google-type searches and can be saved to folders.   Once you've saved content to your research folders, you don't incur additional charges for accessing that content.

The Copyright Litigation Handbook was first published in 2006 and was instantly hailed as "indispensable" by the New York Law Journal.   It is updated annually and designed to be a handy volume to keep for frequent reference at deskside for the busy litigator looking for practical solutions and a quick reference to the Copyright Act, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and to the cases interpreting their intersection in federal litigation practice.

Copyright Litigation Handbook was subsequently added to  the Westlaw database.  But anyone accessing Copyright Litigation Handbook on standard Westlaw had to know that the database is COPYLITIG in order to access it.   Now, if the content is relevant, it should pop up in easily accessible secondary sources pages that are better organized and easier to get at.  

If your West sales reps haven't given you the passwords to Westlaw NEXT, make sure to get the access keys, this is a tremendous time-saving product that makes it much easier to cut and paste relevant content.  A look at what the product looks like:

As you can see from the above, I went into Copyright Litigation Handbook and checked out what it had to say about default judgments.  The answers are clear and easy to read with your search remaining in the Google-type bar above.

You can see that once you are in the content, you can save to your research folder, add a note, highlight or copy with reference.   Again, much quicker and intuitive than Westlaw.  Saved folders are stored like Outlook and you can go back and view them in a really clear and intuitive manner.  In Westlaw, the research trails were annoying and confusing, I just always redid the research.   Your notes are searchable (I didn't test this feature).

Here you have a drop-down menu making it easy to email, print, download or send to your Amazon Kindle.  The Kindle format is nice, easy on the eyes book-style format.

Here you can see that viewing the outline of Copyright Litigation Handbook is again easier on the eyes.  As the text expands out, it is easier to follow where it came from and to follow it back.

Switching to full screen mode makes the text more readable.

You can add frequently-consulted texts like Copyright Litigation Handbook to your Favorites folder.