Comparative Law Resources: United States
Patent Law
Statutes
- 35 U.S.C. (Patent Act) is available at: http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/consolidated_laws.pdf
- American Inventors Protection Act of 1999
The full text of legislation, changes to 35 U.S.C. and related information are available at http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/dcom/olia/aipa/index.htm
Regulations
- MPEP (Examination Guidelines) is available at: http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/index.html
Case Law
- Decisions by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit are available at: http://fedcir.gov/dailylog.html
Secondary Authorities
Treatise
- Martin Adelman, Patent Law Perspectives, Lexis Publishing (ISBN 0-8205-1532-9)
- Donald S. Chisum, Chisum on Patents, Matthew & Bender (ISBN 0-8205-1525-6)
Horn Book
- Donald S. Chisum et al, Understanding Intellectual Property, Matthew & Bender (ISBN 0-8205-0549-8)
Case Book
- Adelman, et al, Patent Law, West Group ISBN 0-314-06529-6
- Moore, et al, Patent Litigation and Strategy ISBN 0-314-23131-5
