Transcript Cyber Law Research

Cyber Law Research
Faye Jones,
Director of the Law Library & Professor
Spring 2007
Reference Desk: 644-4095
Evening Service: The Hotline (Red Phone) at Reference
Legal Research: What you want to do
controls what you need to do
• Current awareness
• BNA services
• Pike & Fischer Internet
Law & Regulation
• Forrester Research
• Newspapers & Magazines
• Blogs
• ULWR
• Choosing a topic
• Preemption check
• Ensure completeness
• Practice
• Keep up with the law
• Relevant cases, statutes &
regulations
• Pending and potential
changes
• Transactional Practice
• Subject-specific Materials
• Drafting Patent License
Agreements
• Litigation Practice
• Preparing for trial, finding
expert witnesses, collections
Tools for Current Awareness & Research I
• Bureau of National Affairs (BNA) Services
• Internet Law News – free registration
• BNA services – Ask Mark Evans for access
• Pike & Fischer Internet Law & Regulation
• Also in print in the Library at KF2763.4 .I58
• Forrester Research – Ask Jon Lutz for an
account
• Bar Associations
• ABA, IPL, SciTech
• Florida Bar Business Law Section
• American Intellectual Property Law Association
Tools for Current Awareness & Research II
• National newspapers in print or online
• NYT, WSJ, LA Times, Washington Post
• Trade outlets and groups
• Variety, MPAA, RIAA
• Advocacy Groups
• EFF, EPIC
• Technology or eCommerce resources in
print or online
• Wired, TWIT.TV, eWeek
Tools for Current Awareness & Research III
• News releases from law firms, institutes and think
tanks
• Duane Morris, Eric Sinrod, Martin Samson
• Berkman Institute, IP Mall, BCLT, Stanford CIS
• Internet sites and Blogs
• LC CyberBlog, Dennis Kennedy, Tech Law Prof
• Question the authority of material found on the Internet.
Check accuracy, currency and credibility!
• N.B. These three slides include selected resources
which can give a researcher a good start. Many more
helpful resources are available in the Library and other
sources. Ask a reference librarian for help!
More Resources
• U.S. Government Agencies
• DOJ, Commerce, FCC, NITA, PTO, Library of Congress
• BeSpacific
• ITAA, Information Technology Assn. of America
• ISOC, the Internet Society
• Resources from FSU’s Strozier Library
• FSU Computer Science journals
• Especially, the ACM Digital Library
• JSTOR
• Dissertations and Theses
• E-books available by searching ALEPH
ULWR: Topic Choice & Preemption Check
• Choose a topic
• Review current awareness tools for hot topics in cyberlaw
• Search Lexis most current two years of news stories on cyberlaw
• Do a Preemption Check
• 1. Search Lexis full-text law reviews and Westlaw full-text law reviews
• Search both as they include different journals & varying coverage periods
• 2. Search Legal Resource Index on Lexis (Lawrev: Lglind) or Westlaw
(LRI) or LegalTrac Internet database
• 3. Search the past two months of Current Index to Legal Periodicals on
Westlaw (CILP)
• Browse the most current issues or select “edit search” to search all available
issues
• 4. Search the SSRN database
• Use on campus or through the FSU domain does not require a user ID or
password
• 5. Browse SSJ: Tables of Contents Service of Selected Scholarly
Journals from the FSU Law Library
ULWR: Read, Analyze & Draft a Thesis
• Read and analyze what you’ve found
• Draft a thesis statement
• Writing at the edges
• What happens when you find that too much
or too little has been written on your topic?
• Talk with your professor early about
challenges
ULWR: In-Depth Research
• Find major legal sources on your topic
• ALEPH and Aleph Research Guide
• Epstein on Intellectual Property; McCarthy on Trademarks;
Nimmer on Copyright; Scott on InformationTechnology Law
• Ian Ballon, E-commerce and Internet Law: treatise with
forms, Reserve KF390.5 C6 B35 & online updates
• Find technical resources on your topic
• Scientific journal articles
• Google Scholar
• Find books on your topic
• Google Book Project
• Consult experts on your topic
• Personal contacts and telephone research are legitimate
research techniques
In Practice
• General
• Keep up with the law – current awareness tools
• Bar publications
• ABA – look at the Section home pages
• Florida Bar
• JurisNotes.com
• Transactional
• Use subject-specific resources with forms or drafting advice
• Litigation
• Use major treatises, formbooks and specialized resources to
• Prepare for trial
• Determine request for damage award
• Collect attorney’s fees
• Use the Internet to find expert witnesses
• Google Scholar, University faculty Vitas on home pages
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Georgetown Law School
Harvard Berkman Center
Suffolk University Law School
University of Arizona
Rutgers University
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Cyberspace Law & Policy Centre
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