Intellectual Property Law Collection
A wealth of intellectual property material including legislative histories, treatises, documents, books, periodicals, and more relating to copyrights, patents, and trademarks.
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Related HeinOnline Blog Posts
To see how our HeinOnline bloggers have used this database to research intellectual property, copyright and trademark laws, check out these blog posts:
- Come on Barbie, Let’s Go Sue Somebody: Protecting the Barbie Trademark
Since Barbie emerged in all of her (often controversial) glamor on the shelves of toy stores around the world in 1959, she has affected nearly every area of pop culture. And inevitably, parent company Mattel hasn’t always been too thrilled about it. So, when Barbie wasn’t living it up having girls night at her Dreamhouse, you might find her at the courthouse. Let’s take a look at the history of Barbie and some of the lawsuits that the Barbie trademark has been a part of over the years.
- 5 Little-Known Treasures in HeinOnline
With more than 205 million pages, HeinOnline contains scholarly articles, case law, government documents, and so much more. But today, we’re going to bring you some of the most bizarre hidden gems you can stumble across in your research. Let’s take a look at some of HeinOnline’s little-known treasures that our employees have found throughout the years.
- HeinOnline in the Classroom: Four Tips for Preventing Plagiarism
For this month’s blog post, we’re going to dive into one of the more difficult, and awkward, challenges faced by university instructors: plagiarism and academic dishonesty. Keep reading for four tips and tricks on helping your students avoid plagiarism in their written assignments!
- 3 Volumes of Coca-Cola Trademark Cases Now Available in HeinOnline
Where would we be without our customers? Certainly nowhere near where we are today. So we were thrilled to see a tweet about a title called Coca-Cola Company: Opinions, Orders, Injunctions, and Decrees Relating to Unfair Competition and Infringement of Trade-mark. This led us down a rabbit hole: was the title already in HeinOnline? And if not, how could we add it in, stat? So, what is this title, and why does it exist? Let’s take a brief look at the history of Coca-Cola as a company and a product.
- Coming for Katy Like a Dark Horse: Copyright Law in the U.S.
World-renowned pop singer Katy Perry was recently dealt a crushing blow when a jury found that her song “Dark Horse” had copied the work of gospel rapper Marcus Gray. The infringed song, “Joyful Noise,” was said to have an identical beat to “Dark Horse” in terms of length, rhythm, and pitch. Ultimately, the jury decided that Perry’s team had copied “Joyful Noise,” and Gray should be awarded $2.78 million, 22.5% of “Dark Horse” profits. The decision has left musicians and songwriters reeling.