International Intellectual Property Subject Guide

Where to Start:

If you are unsure about your subject, look it up in a dictionary or encyclopedia. Or try a handbook for the latest information with facts and figures. Why not try:

• Butterworths Concise Australian Legal Dictionary 3rd Ed. - REF K/211/.K1 BUT/2004
• Legal Terms- REF K/211/.K1 LEG/1998
• Halsbury's Laws of Australia - REF K/218/.K1 HAL/1991; Online version through LexisNexis AU

Books:

Use the Library catalogue to search for books held in the Library.

• Butterworths intellectual property collection 2005 - KN/112/.K1.Z1 BUT/2005
• International copyright: principles, law, and practice/ Paul Goldstein - KC/236.1 GOL/2001
• Going digital 2000: legal issues for e-commerce, software and the internet/edited by Anne Fitzgerald ... [et al.]. - KN/285.4/.K1 GOI/2000
• Intellectual property rights, the WTO and developing countries: the TRIPS agreement and policy options/Carlos M. Correa.- KC/236 COR/2000
• A coursebook in international intellectual property/Doris Estelle Long, Anthony D'Amato.- KC/236 LON/2000
• Our culture our future: report on Australian indigenous cultural and intellectual property rights/Terri Janke - KN/112.9.C5/.K1 JAN/1998

Or you can look on the shelves at the following numbers:

• KC/236 - Intellectual property (International law)
• KN/112 - Intellectual property (International law)
• KC/236 - Copyright, International
• KC/236 - Design protection (International law)

Electronic Resources (including Journal Databases):

Electronic resources provide secondary sources of information such as journal articles, news, reports and/or primary sources of information such as cases and legislation. Access electronic resources including journal databases from the Library's Electronic Resources page.

• AGIS PLUS Text - Attorney General's Information Service covering all aspects of law. Mainly Australian information
• Lexis - United States, International and Australian full text legislation, case law and journal articles.
• Westlaw - United States, International and Australian full text legislation, case law and journal articles.

Journals:

Journals may have more up-to-date information than books. You can search for journals using the Library catalogue. Try the following to start:

• Intellectual property in Asia and the Pacific (1985-1998) -KT/1396.5.001 IND

• Digital technology law journal (1999 - ) -KN/112.9.C2.001 DIG

• European intellectual property review (2001 - ) - KV/30.2.001 EUR

Web Resources:

You can try searching the Internet for more resources:

• World Trade Organization
• World Intellectual Property Organization
• Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)
• The Commission on Intellectual Property Rights
• IPRIA - Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia
• Intellectual Property (WorldLII)