Additionally sitting on an invention and using the invention as a trade secret may be tantamount to abandonment. Some notable periodicals. A large number of newsletters are periodically published by the Bar Association. Many professional organizations, trade organizations, commercial publishers and large law firms also release newsletters. Good examples are American Intellectual Property Law Association Quarterly Journal, Andrews Intellectual Property Litigation Reporter, IP-Law Review news, IP News, and BNA Patent Trademark and Copyright Law Daily.
Law reviews .
Insightful, and resourceful articles may come from law reviews such as Franklin Pierce Law Center, John Marshall, UC Berkeley, and Cornell University s law review articles. Check Westlaw and Lexis IP databases for relevant articles in these law reviews. Inventors and practitioners may tremendously benefit from them. Periodical Indexes . Westlaw and Lexis have periodical indexes that may be very helpful to an inventor.