Intellectual Property

Copyright is covered by Title 17 of the United States Code.  The U.S. Code is located in the Law Library Reading Room at Call Number KF62.5.  The Code is published by the Government Publishing Office ("GPO") and can be found online for free at their website. 

The United States Code Annotated and the United States Code Service are both commercially published, annotated versions of the Code.  Annotated codes are state or federal compilations of statutes. In addition to the actual text of the statute, you'll find summaries of judicial decisions, regulations, and attorney general opinions relating to that statute.  These are available in print in the Law Library Reading Room at Call Number KF62.5 or online at Westlaw and Lexis Advance (available to Law School faculty, staff, and students only).

Federal regulations on patents, trademarks, and copyright are located in Title 37 of the Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.). The C.F.R. is located in the Law Library Reading Room at Call Number KF70.A35.  The CFR is published by the Government Publishing Office ("GPO") and can be found online for free at their website or online at Westlaw and Lexis Advance (available to Law School faculty, staff, and students only).

The Wiener-Rogers Law Library provides access to legislative histories of various intellectual property laws through both print and online resources.

For more information on researching legislative history, please consult the library's Legislative HIstory LibGuide. 
 

Copyright law in the United States is primarily federal law.  As with all cases decided under federal jurisdiction copyright cases that reach the appellate level are reported in the standard federal reporters.