Trade Secrets Law

For those interested in intellectual property law, especially the national and international world of trade secrets, a new Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report, Protection of Trade Secrets: Overview of Current Law and Legislation, provides an expert, objective summary of the subject.  It covers topics from the historical development of trade secrets law to the current landscape of federal, state, and international law in this area, and trade secrets legislation in the current Congress. This is a good place to start for students researching or writing on the subject.

To keep up with current developments in trade secrets law, including new case decisions and legislation, the resources in BNA's Intellectual Property Resource Center, especially Patent, Trademark & Copyright Law Daily, Patent Trademark & Copyright Journal, and World Intellectual Property Report are some of the best available.  You can link to the BNA Intellectual Property Resource Center through the Law Library web site's Online Resources Subject List, or search the Intellectual Property BNA resources on Bloomberg Law from the "BNA Titles" page.     

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Online Resources: Telecommunications Monitor (BNA)

If you are looking for a publication that offers coverage of regulatory, legislative, judicial decisions and developments relating to telecommunications, check out BNA's Telecommunications Monitor.  Dates of coverage are from February 6, 2001 to the present.

To access the Telecommunications Monitor:

• Go to the Library's home page, click "Online Resources"
• Click the "Intellectual Property Law" link
• Scroll down to "Telecommunications Monitor (BNA)"

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Research Resources: Computer Technology Law Report (BNA)

If you are interested in a semi-monthly publication that provides legal developments in liability and insurance coverage issues relating to computers, try the Computer Technology Law Report. The report also offers coverage of computer technology issues on the federal, state and international levels.  Dates of coverage are from May 5, 2000 to the present.
To access the Computer Technology Law Report (BNA):

• Go to the Library's home page, click "Online Resources"
• Then, click "Intellectual Property" link
• Scroll down, click the " Computer Technology Law Report(BNA)" link

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Research Resources: Media Law Reporter (BNA)

BNA’s Media Law Reporter provides federal and state judicial decisions on media law. Decisions are provided from all court levels and coverage is from 1977 to the present.  The media law decisions range in areas of privacy, defamation, copyright, media ownership, broadcast regulations and more.

To access Media Law Reporter (BNA):

• Go to the Library's home page, click "Online Resources"
• Then, click "Intellectual Property Law" link
• Scroll down, click the "Media Law Reporter (BNA)" link

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Fashion Law Makes its Debut

The emerging legal field of fashion law will soon have its own academic institute. Fordham University School of Law will officially launch on September 8 its unique Fashion Law Institute, "the world's first fashion law center." The Institute was established to provide legal assistance to designers and to train lawyers for the fashion industry, with its special issues in intellectual property law, business and finance. The Fashion Law Institute will be directed by Professor Susan Scafidi , who taught the first course in fashion law in the United States. The new law center benefits from partial funding and support from the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) and its president, Diane von Furstenberg.

Those wanting to stay current with issues and developments in fashion law should also check out Professor Scafidi's blog, Counterfeit Chic.