It was a banner Fall for the Patent Certificate Program. Close to 200 students attended training sessions offerend by Professor Cavicchi, Lexis, Westlaw and Thomson Innovation. Several students have earned the certificate. The series will continue in the Spring.

Professor Peter McGovern's Museum Law class will premier Professor Cavicchi's research pathfinder, Museum Law Tools & Strategies: Capacitizing Yourself as a Professional in class this Wednesday. The presentation covers all aspects of law and fact research including Web 2.0 and social media tools.

Lexis in Collaboration with UNH Law Library presents IP research classes all month.

From our friends at Westlaw Edge:

"Is anything similar out there?" It's one of the first questions you ask in patent research.

To answer this question, you would likely start by performing a wide-reaching search in the largest bibliographic patent collection available—namely, INPADOC—long before you begin your detailed analysis. Maintained by the European Patent Office (EPO), INPADOC is the largest single collection of patent bibliographic data. It contains

The University of New Hampshire Law Library has subscribed to this IP Case Summary Service on your behalf.

To sign-up for the services and/or to view a sample of the IP Notes, Patent Extra Notes and IP Administrative Notes, go to www.JurisNotes.com click on the "Sign Up" and/or "Summaries" navigation bar on the left hand side of the page. Please include your expected graduation date, or Faculty/Staff in the "Address" slot, and please use your University email address.

From our friends at WESTLAW EDGE Suppose you want to know how patent judges have construed a technical term (e.g., key operable locking head) that sometimes appears in patents and patent applications. Is there an easy way to find the exact judicial construction?

News from Westlaw Edge : Sometimes, innovation leads to complexity. Other times, it leads to simplicity. The Westlaw IP page goes in the latter direction.

This new tabbed page gives you quick access to more than 100 intellectual property databases, plus tools such as Westlaw Profiler®, KeySearch®, Claims Locator, and Patent KeyCite®—but without any clutter. (Definition of clutter: anything you don't need this minute.)