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Intellectual Property Law: Home

Subjects: Law

Purpose of this guide

This guide is intended for students and researchers studying intellectual property law at the University of Oxford, although students and researchers from any field may find it useful.

Use this guide to find out about sources and commentary for intellectual property law, including ebooks, ejournals, and databases.

IP law: quick start

Available to everyone with access to the internet 

 Intellectual property monographs can be found in a number of different areas of the Bodleian Law Library. 
 

  • English IP law: Floor 2, shelf marks KN111 to KN118
  • International IP: Floor 3, shelf marks beginning Internat
  • European Union law: Floor 3 shelf marks beginning Euro Comm
  • Multi-jurisdictional/comparative studies: Floor 2, shelf marks General.
  • Foreign jurisdictions: Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and USA monographs are shelved in the KN111 to KNI18 with cutters A8, C1, I5, N4, and U4 respectively on the third line of the shelf mark.
  • Foreign jurisdictions: individual European countries are on Level 3.
  • Foreign jurisdictions: remaining nations on Level 1

Reading list titles
As intellectual property is a taught topic look out for the location Reserve Collection (which is on Floor 2). This has the most heavily used titles on RLs, such as the example below. These books are available to all readers (not just those on a particular course) but please bring your University or Bodleian Reader's Card with you and ask for them at the Law Enquiry Desk on Floor 2.

The Law Bod now has some material from the former Oxford Intellectual Property Research Centre (OIPRC), previously based at St Peter's College, Oxford.

This collection can be found in the rolling cases on the Ground Floor. It is an "historic" static collection. The titles it holds are discoverable by normal SOLO searches, and readers are welcome to consult its volumes.

Related Bodleian guide

A colleague in the Radcliffe Science Library has written the following guide to help with technicalities of getting patents.

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