Trademark Law Resources: Foreign & International

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Trademark Law Resources: Foreign & International

Updated Sept. 4, 2009.
Prepared by Vicen� Feli�, Law Library Intern.

LexisNexis and Westlaw are available only to subscribers who have IDs or passwords. Bureau of National Affairs databases (BNA) are available to UW School of Law students, faculty, and staff and to visitors of the Gallagher Law Library.

Primary Sources

The following guides provide a useful introduction to researching foreign and international trademark law:

Vicen� Feli�, International Trademark Law – The Madrid System
Stefanie Weigmann's Update to Researching Intellectual Property Law in an International Context.

The major website for international intellectual property law is the site of the World Intellectual Property Organization.

Major Treaties

Madrid Protocol, K1557.A33 A33 1989 at Classified Stacks

Madrid Protocol Implementation Act (Pub. L 107-273), 116 Stat. 1758, 1913-1921 HTML| PDF - bookmarked location in file

International Trademark Treaties with Commentary. K1553.W56 2004 at Reference Area. Includes:

the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Mark
the Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Mark
the Trademark Law Treaty

For links to the full text of major trademark treaties in electronic format, see the WIPO site.

For additional information on finding other treaties, see the Gallagher guide on Treaties and Other International Agreements.

LexisNexis: Intellectual Property Treaties

European Union Directives, Proposals & Reports

European Union Materials on Trademark and Industrial Property

For additional information on European Union documents, see the Gallagher guide on European Union Research.

Foreign National Trademark Law

Collection of Laws for Electronic Access [CLEA] database from WIPO contains citations and full-text to the intellectual property laws of numerous countries of the world.

Intellectual Property Rights contains citations and links to intellectual property laws of member countries of the Organisation of American States.

World Intellectual Property Rights and Remedies. K1401 .W675 1999 at Reference Area
Volumes 3 and 4 contain summaries of national intellectual property laws written by attorneys as well as translated legislation.

Cases

Westlaw: ETR-RPTS, European Trade Mark Reports

Registrations

LexisNexis

Westlaw

ALL-TM, TrademarkScan--All Jurisdictions
CAN-TM, TrademarkScan--Canada
EURO-TM, TrademarkScan--Europe
IP-JAPAN, TrademarkScan--Japan
WIPO-TM, TrademarkScan--International Register (trademarks registered with the World Intellectual Property Organization)

For additional information on finding foreign national legislation, see the Gallagher guide on Foreign Law Research.

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Secondary Sources

Selected Books on International Trademark Law

All of these books are located in the Classified Stacks.

Trademark Dilution: Federal, State, and International Law. KF3193.W449 2002. Updated annually.

International Trademarks and Copyrights: Enforcement and Management. K1420.5.M287 2004

Harmonised Trade Mark Law in Europe: Case-Law of the European Court of Justice. KJE2768.A7 H55 2005

WIPO Intellectual Property Handbook: Policy, Law and Use. K1401.W5 2001

Sweet & Maxwell's European Trade Mark Litigation Handbook. KJC2768.S94 1998

Selected Journals Specializing in International Intellectual Property Law

IIC; International Review of Industrial Property and Copyright Law. Current issues shelved by title at Reference Area; earlier issues shelved by title at Compact Stacks

Trademark Reporter. Shelved by title at Compact Stacks