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Trademark Law Resources: Primary Sources
Updated Sept. 4, 2009.
Prepared by Vicenç Feliú, Law Library Intern.
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Statutes
15 U.S. Code Chapter 22 deals with trademarks
- KF62 at Reference Area (current edition) & Classified Stacks (previous editions)
- GPO Access
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, current laws and regulations.
- Lexis: USCS - Title 15; Commerce and Trade
- Westlaw:
FIP-USCA
Legislative History
United States Code Congressional and Administrative News. KF48 at
Reference Area & Westlaw: USCCAN
Contains selected committee reports.
The Trademark Law Revision Act of 1988 (Public Law 100-667): The Legislative History, Reports, Testimony and Annotated Statutory Text. KF3177.12.A15 1989 at Classified Stacks
LexisNexis: US - CIS Legislative Histories - Trademark Law
Regulations
37 Code of Federal Regulations Parts 2, 3, 6, 7 &, 10 deal with trademarks.
- KF70.A3 at Reference Area (current edition) & Compact Stacks (previous editions)
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- LexisNexis: CFR Title 37 (Patent, Trademark & Copyright)
- Westlaw: FIP-CFR
Cases
United States Patent Quarterly (USPQ) contains the full text of trademark cases from federal and state courts and several administrative agencies.
- KF2975.A2U54 at Reference Area
- BNA's Intellectual Property Library. Available online to UW Law School users and users visiting the Gallagher Law Library.
- LexisNexis: BNA United States Patents Quarterly
- Westlaw: USPQ
LexisNexis
- Federal and State Trademark Cases
- Federal Trademark, Unfair Competition, and Trade Secret Cases
- State Trademark, Unfair Competition & Trade Secret Cases
Westlaw
- FIP-CS, federal court cases dealing with intellectual property.
- WTH-TR, Westlaw topical highlights dealing with trademark issues.
Case Finding
- Use annotated codes.
- United States Code Annotated. KF62 1927.W45 at Reference Area. Westlaw: USCA
- United States Code Service. KF62 1972.L38 at Reference Area. LexisNexis: GENFED;USCS
- Use West's Federal Practice Digest 4th and its predecessors. Topic: Trade Regulations and Intellectual Property. KF127.W484 at Reference Area
- Look for cases cited in footnotes in relevant treatise sections and law review articles.
- Look in the index to American Law Reports Federal (ALR Fed) to find relevant articles. KF105.A54 at Reference Area. Westlaw: ALR
Administrative Decisions & Materials
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, combined administrative decisions
- LexisNexis: U.S. Patent & Trademark Office Decisions, Combined
- Westlaw: FIP-PTO
Commissioner of Patents and Trademark
- LexisNexis: USPTO Commissioner of Patents and Trademark Decisions
- Westlaw: FIP-PTO
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
Trademark Registrations
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- LexisNexis
- Westlaw