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General intellectual property resources

Books
Canadian
o   Ashton et al., Canadian forms & precedents. Commercial transactions. Intellectual property, 2nd ed. (Markham: LexisNexis Canada, looseleaf)
o   Currie, Forcese & Oosterveld, International law: doctrine, practice, and theory (Toronto: Irwin Law, 2007)
o   Dimrock, R., I thought of that: A practical guide to patents, trademarks and copyright (North York: CCH, 1999)
o   * Dimock, R., Intellectual Property Disputes: Resolutions and Remedies (Toronto: Carswell, looseleaf) (2 volumes)
o   Fecenko, M., Biotechnology Law: Corporate-commercial practice (Markham: Butterworths, 2002)
o   Gold & Knoppers, Biotechnology IP and Ethics (Markham: LexisNexis, 2009)
o   Halsbury’s laws of Canada, Patents, trade secrets and industrial designs (Markham: LexisNexis, 2007)
o   Intellectual property law: the year in review (Toronto: Law Society of Upper Canada, annual)
o   Judge & Gervais, Intellectual property: the law in Canada (Toronto: Carswell, 2005)
o   Knoff, H., Security Interests in Intellectual Property (Toronto: Carswell, 2002)
o   Kratz, M., Canada's Intellectual Property Law in a Nutshell, 2nd ed. (Toronto: Carswell, 2010)
o   LaRoche, Collard, & DiCesare, The business of innovation: intellectual property transactions in Canada (Canada: Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, 2003)
o   LaRoche et al., Consolidated Intellectual Property Statutes and Regulations (Toronto: Thomson Carswell, 2010)
o   Leveraging Knowledge Assets: Reducing Uncertainty for Security Interests in Intellectual Property (Law commission of Canada, 2004)
o   Limpert, P., Technology Contracting: Law, precedents and commentary (Toronto: Carswell, looseleaf)
o   MacGillivray, R., Parallel Importation (Aurora: Canada Law Book, 2010)
o   McGill University Faculty of Law, Intellectual Property at the Edge: New Approaches to IP in a Transsystematic World (Cowansville, Que.: Editions Y. Blais, 2007)
o   McKeown, J., Brand Management in Canadian Law, 3rd ed. (Toronto: Carswell, 2010)
o   McLeod, K., Freedom of Expression: Resistance And Repression in the Age of Intellectual Property (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2007)
o   McPherson, Intellectual Property Statutes: Legislative History (Aurora: Canada Law Book, looseleaf)
o   Negotiating and Drafting Intellectual Property License Agreements (The Canadian Institute, 2003)
o   Ramsay, Ramsay on Technology Transfers and Licensing, 2nd ed. (Markham: Butterworths, 2002)
o   Sarna, L., Commercializing research and development: a guide to legal business practice, 2nd ed. (Markham: LexisNexis, 2006)
o   Stikeman, Intellectual Property Law of Canada (Juris, looseleaf)
o   Thorburn & Fairbairn, Law of Confidential Business Information (Aurora: Canada Law Book, looseleaf)
o   Vaver, D., Intellectual Property Law: Copyright, Patents, Trade-Marks, 2nd ed. (Toronto: Irwin Law, 2011)
o   Wirtén, E., Terms of use: negotiating the jungle of the intellectual commons (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2008)
 
English
o   Anderman & Kallaugher, Technology transfer and the new EU competition rules: intellectual property licensing after modernisation (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006)
o   Bently & Sherman, Intellectual property law, 2nd ed. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004)
o   Boldrin & Levine, Against Intellectual Monopoly (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008)
o   Cornish & Llewelyn, Intellectual property: patents, copyright, trade marks and allied rights, 6th ed. (London: Sweet & Maxwell, 2007)
o   Correa, C., Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights: A Commentary on the TRIPS Agreement (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007)
o   Haynes, R., Media Rights and Intellectual Property (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2005)
o   Lenk, Hoppe, & Andorno, Ethics and Law of Intellectual Property: Current Problems in Politics, Science and Technology (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2007)
o   MacQueen, Waelde & Laurie, Contemporary Intellectual Property: Law and Policy (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008)
o   * Melville, L., Forms and agreements on intellectual property and international licensing, 3rd ed. (London: Sweet and Maxwell, looseleaf)
o   Michalos, C., The law of photography and digital images (London: Sweet & Maxwell, 2004)
o   Rimmer, M., Intellectual Property and Biotechnology: Biological Inventions (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2008)
o   Rockman, Intellectual property law for engineers and scientists (Hoboken: Wiley, 2004)
o   Spence, M., Intellectual Property (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007)
o   Tomkowicz, R., Intellectual Property Overlaps: Theory, Strategies and Solutions (London: Routledge, 2012)
o   Torremans, P., Holyoak & Torremans intellectual property law, 4th ed. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005)
o   Tritton, G., Intellectual property in Europe, 3rd ed. (London: Sweet & Maxwell, 2008)
 
American
o   American Law Institute, Intellectual property: principles governing jurisdiction, choice of law, and judgments in transnational disputes: proposed final draft (March 30, 2007) (Philadelphia: Executive Office, American Law Institute, 2007)
o   Miller & Davis, Intellectual Property: Patents, Trademarks, and Copyright in a Nutshell (St. Paul: West Group, 2000)
 
Other countries
o   Davison, Monotti &Wiseman, Australian intellectual property law (Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008)
o   Siedsma, A., Manual for the handling of applications for patents, designs and trademarks throughout the world (The Netherlands : Kluwer International, looseleaf) (8 volumes)
o   Tritton, Davis & Roughton, Intellectual Property in Europe, 3rd ed. (London: Sweet & Maxwell, 2008)
o   Van Caenegem, W., Intellectual property law and innovation (Port Melbourne, Vic.: Cambridge University Press, 2007)
 
Blogs
Richard Stobbe: http://ipblog.ca/
William Genereux: http://www.genereuxlaw.com/
IP and competition law Canada: http://www.ipvancouverblog.com/
 
Websites
Canadian
Canadian Intellectual Property Office
 
Canadian Bar association page on intellectual property
 
Intellectual property institute of Canada
 
Canadian industrial designs database search engine
 
Public Lending Right Commission
 
Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC)
 
E-tips: E-commerce, Technology and Intellectual Property Summaries.
 
McGill University’s Centre for Intellectual Property Policy
 
International
USPTO - list of IP office web sites from around the world.
 
Directory of International Intellectual Property Offices
 
World Intellectual Property Organization: Arbitration & Mediation Center
 
Congressional Research Service Reports (American) on intellectual property, cyberlaw and electronic commerce. Free access to full text of the reports in pdf format.
 
Intellectual property rights and sustainable development
 
Intellectual property research guide – satellite site for a law firm
 
WIPO Arbitration & Mediation Center (Includes decisions)
 
World Intellectual Property Organization -Text of Treaties Administered by WIPO