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Antitrust

Print Resources

Antitrust Law, an Analysis of Antitrust Principles and Their Application / Areeda & Hovenkamp.  14 vols.
Business Library, Reference:  KF1649.A8 2000

Antitrust Bulletin
Business, Periodicals: Current issues
3rd Floor Paterno : K1 .N8

Antitrust Law & Economics Review
Business, Periodicals: Current issues
3rd Floor Paterno: KF1633 .A5

Federal Trade Commission Decisions / United States Federal Trade Commission.
3rd Floor Paterno: KF1611 .A25

Trade Regulation Reporter / CCH.
Business Library, Reference:  KF1645.C62

Online Resources

ABA Section on Antitrust Law
An organization within the American Bar Association. Provides reports of recent newsworthy events and links to research resources on the Internet.

Federal Trade Commission. Bureau of Competition
The FTC's antitrust arm, the Bureau of Competition, seeks to prevent business practices that restrain competition.

U.S. Department of Justice. Antitrust Division
For over six decades, the mission of the Antitrust Division has been to promote and protect the competitive process -- and the American economy -- through the enforcement of the antitrust laws. The antitrust laws apply to virtually all industries and to every level of business, including manufacturing, transportation, distribution, and marketing. They prohibit a variety of practices that restrain trade, such as price-fixing conspiracies, corporate mergers likely to reduce the competitive vigor of particular markets, and predatory acts designed to achieve or maintain monopoly power.

Bankruptcy

American Bankruptcy Institute
Founded in 1982 to provide Congress and the public with unbiased analysis of bankruptcy issues, ABI is the premier professional organization in the field. Members span the entire spectrum of professionals and include attorneys, accountants, auctioneers, judges, lenders, academics, turnaround specialists, credit professionals and many others.

InterNet Bankruptcy Library
Another award winning Web page, sponsored by Peter A. Chapman, Bankruptcy Creditors' Service, Inc. & Christopher Beard, Beard Group, Inc.

National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges

United States Bankruptcy Courts (& others)
Links to all U.S. courts on the web, including many United States Bankruptcy Courts.

United States Trustee Program / United States Department of Justice
The United States Trustee Program is a component of the Department of Justice responsible for overseeing the
administration of bankruptcy cases and private trustees under 28 U.S.C. §586 and 11 U.S.C. §101, et seq.

West's Bankruptcy Reporter / West Group
3rd Floor Paterno: KF1515.A2 W47

Contracts

Print Resources

Anderson on the Uniform Commercial Code
Business Library, Reference:  KF879.A45A64

Corbin on Contracts: a Comprehensive Treatise on the Rules of Contract Law
Business Library, Reference : KF801.C67   

Uniform Commercial Code Legal Forms
Business Library, Reference:  KF886.N45

Uniform Commercial Code Reporting Service
3rd Floor Paterno:  KF885.A452   

Williston on Contracts: A Treatise on the Law of Contracts
Business Library, Reference : KF805.W5   

Online Resources

Contracting and Organizations Research Institute / University of Missouri
CORI's mission is to improve our understanding of how the economic system works by facilitating and enabling interdisciplinary empirical research on contracting and organizational structure.

Transnational Law Digest & Bibliography
An invaluable working tool not only for the international legal practitioner active in international contract law or international commercial arbitration but also for academics working in the field of comparative law or the transnationalization of international commerce.

Uniform Commercial Code Locator / Cornell Law School.  Legal Information Institute
Links to state statues that correspond to Articles of the Uniform Commercial Code.

Corporations (see also Antitrust, Securities)

The Delaware Law of Corporations & Business Organizations
3rd Floor Paterno:  KFD213.B352   

Fletcher Cyclopedia of the Law of Private Corporations
Business Library, Reference:  KF1384.F55

Limited Liability Companies : A State by State Guide to Law and Practice
3rd Floor Paterno:  KF1380.C355 1999

Limited Liability Companies : State Statutes and Federal Materials
Business Library, Reference:  KF1380 .C36

Hospitality

International Casino Law
3rd Floor Paterno :  K3704.I68 1999

The Laws of Innkeepers: for Hotels, Motels, Restaurants, and Clubs
3rd Floor Paterno: KF951.A7S5 1993   

Legal Aspects of Hospitality Management / John E. H. Sherry.
3rd Floor Paterno: KF2042.H6S451 1994   

Legal Problem Solver for Restaurant Operators / National Restaurant Association
Business Library, Reference:  KF2042.H6L44 2000

Intellectual Property

Cardozo Arts and Entertainment Law Journal
Social Sciences, Periodicals: Current issues
3rd Floor Paterno:  K3.A687

McCarthy's Desk Encyclopedia of Intellectual Property
Business Library, Reference:  KF2976.4.M38 1991

American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)
The AIPLA is a 13,000 member, national bar association constituted primarily of lawyers in private and corporate practice, in government service, and in the academic community. The AIPLA represents a wide and diverse spectrum of individuals, companies and institutions involved directly or indirectly in the practice of patent, trademark, copyright and unfair competition law, as well as other fields of law affecting intellectual property. Our members represent both owners and users of intellectual property.

Collection of Laws for Electronic Access (CLEA) - World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
National legislative texts (English, French, and Spanish) in the field of intellectual property, and the texts of treaties administered by WIPO.

Franklin Pierce Law Center Intellectual Property Mall

Intellectual Property Law Server
Resources include comprehensive links, general information, space for professionals to publish articles and forums for discussing related issues.

Intellectual Property Owners Association
IPO is the only association that represents the interests of all owners of intellectual property. IPO differs from bar associations by focusing exclusively on protecting rights of ownership of property. Although it has attorney members, IPO does not deal with issues relating to private practice of law. IPO represents the broadest possible range of interests in ownership.

International Technology Law Association
The International Technology Law Association is one of the world's largest international organizations of information technology law professionals.

IP And Technology Law Working Papers Series - Berkely Center for Law and Technology

IPmenu, a Global Guide to Intellectual Property Resources on the Internet
From Phillips Ormonde & Fitzpatrick, Australian and New Zealand Patent & Trademark Attorneys

PatentCafe
An on-line navigational directory for creators and professionals needing informational resources related to patents, trademarks and copyrights.

Selected Intellectual Property Internet Resources
Jacob Burns Law Library, George Washington University Law School

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
WIPO is one of the 16 specialized agencies of the United Nations system of organizations. It administers 21 international treaties dealing with different aspects of intellectual property protection. The Organization counts 177 nations as member states.  

Copyrights

Copyright Links

Nimmer on Copyright
Business Library, Reference:  KF2991.5.N5

U.S. Code[federal statutes]

Title 17 Copyrights - GPO Access (U.S. Government Printing Office)
Title 17 Copyrights - Cornell Law School, Legal Information Institute

Code of Federal Regulations

Title 37 Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights - National Archives & Record Administration
Title 37 Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights - Cornell Law School, Legal Information Institute

Copyright Related Forms - U.S. Copyright Office, Library of Congress

Patents

Modern Patent Law Precedent : Dictionary of Key Terms and Concepts
Business Library, Reference:  KF3112.A37 1997

Patent It Yourself / David Pressman
3rd Floor Paterno:  KF3114.6.P74

Patent Law Essentials : a Concise Guide
2nd Floor Paterno:  KF3114.3.D87 2004    

U.S. Code [federal statutes]

Title 35 Patents - GPO Access (U.S. Government Printing Office)
Title 35 Patents - Cornell Law School, Legal Information Institute

Code of Federal Regulations

Title 37 Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights - National Archives & Record Administration
Title 37 Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights - Cornell Law School, Legal Information Institute

Patent Related Forms - United States Patent & Trademark Office

Trade Secrets

Trade Secrets : A State-by-State Survey / ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law
Business Library, Reference:  KF3197.T73 1999

Trade Secrets Protection and Exploitation / Jerry Cohen, Alan S. Gutterman.
3rd Floor Paterno:  KF3197.C64 1998   

Trademarks

McCarthy on Trademarks and Unfair Competition
Business Library, Reference: KF3180.M292

OAMI-ONLINE - Office for Harmonization in the International Market, European Union
OAMI-ONLINE registers Community trade marks and, in the near future, designs. The Community trade mark grants its proprietor a uniform right valid in all Member States of the European Union by means of one procedural system.

Overview of Trademark Law - Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard Law School

U.S. Code [federal statutes]

Title 15, Chapter 22 Trademarks - GPO Access (U.S. Government Printing Office)
Title 15, Chapter 22 Trademarks - Cornell Law School, Legal Information Institute

Code of Federal Regulations

Title 37 Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights - National Archives & Record Administration
Title 37 Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights - Cornell Law School, Legal Information Institute

Trademark Related Forms - United States Patent & Trademark Office

International Trade Regulation

Internet Law

Cyberlaw & Society
Essays and links to information about societal effects of attempts to regulate the Internet.

The Cyberlaw Encyclopedia
The information technologies, intellectual property, and electronic commerce legal gateway.

Richmond Journal of Law and Technology
The Richmond Journal of Law and Technology focuses on the impact that  computer-related and other emerging technologies have on the law.

Labor Law

Licensing

European Intellectual Property Law
3rd Floor Paterno: KJE2636.P75 2000   
Note: chapter on intellectual property licensing agreements within the provisions of the Treaty of Rome by David Booton.

A Guide to Licensing Artwork
Arts & Humanities, Reference: KF3050.Z9M66 1996

International Licensing : Managing Intangible Resources
3rd Floor Paterno:  K1530.S555 1997   

Licensing Desk Book
3rd Floor Paterno: KF3145.B382 1999   

Product Safety & Liability

Products Liability : Recreation and Sports Equipment
Business Library, Reference:  KF1297.A77W58

Product Safety & Liability Reporter
Business Library, Reference:  KF3945.P76

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
A independent federal regulatory agency created to protect the public from unreasonable risks of injuries and deaths associated with some 15,000 types of consumer products. An important part of this mission is to inform the public about product hazards. CPSC uses various means to inform the public. These include local and national media coverage, publication of numerous booklets and product alerts, a web site, a telephone Hotline, a Fax-On-Demand service, the National Injury Information Clearinghouse, CPSC's Public Information Center and responses to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.

Securities

Print Resources:

Decisions and Reports / United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
3rd Floor Paterno: KF1444.A514

Federal Securities Law Reporter
Business Library, Reference: KF1436.5.C736

Treatise on the Law of Securities Regulation
3rd Floor Paterno: KF1439.H39 2005

Securities Regulation
Business Library, Reference:  KF1070.L62 1989

Online Resources:

National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.(NASD)
Established under authority granted by the 1938 Maloney Act Amendments to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD®) is the self-regulatory organization of the securities industry responsible for the regulation of The Nasdaq Stock MarketSM as well as the vast over-the-counter securities market and the many products traded in it.

The Securities Law Home Page
An award winning Web site created and maintained by Mark J. Astarita, attorney, that provides information regarding the United States securities and commodities law, including corporate finance, public offerings, stock broker regulation, securities arbitration and related topics.

Securities Law: an Overview / Cornell Law School.  Legal Information Institute
Summary with links to statutes, regulations, cases, and agencies.

The Securities Lawyer's Deskbook / The Center for Corporate Law. University of Cincinnati College of Law
The Securities Lawyer's Deskbook contains the full text of the basic federal securities laws and regulations, as well as the principal Securities and Exchange Commission forms under those laws and regulations. The Securities Lawyer's Deskbook is designed primarily for use by legal practitioners and scholars, securities professionals, and corporate officers.

State Regulators
Links maintain by the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission to services that provide lists of state agencies that regulate insurance, annuities, banking, companies and consumer protection.

U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission
The primary mission of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is to protect investors and maintain the integrity of the securities markets. As more and more first-time investors turn to the markets to help secure their futures, pay for homes, and send children to college, these goals are more compelling than ever.

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