The Business and Law of Fashion and Retail
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International Intellectual Property: Problems, Cases, and Materials
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Contents includes: Trademarks and geographical indications -- Unfair competition, trade secrets, and design protection -- International enforcement of intellectual property rights.
Trademark Law: An Open-Access Casebook
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Trademarks and Unfair Competition: Law and Policy
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Trade Secret Law: Cases & Materials
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A BLS professor might assign or recommend CALI exercises to reinforce material covered in classes. Students can browse CALI lessons by subject. Students also can identify CALI lessons through BLS Library's SARA catalog. BLS first year students receive a CALI authorization code during 1L orientation. The BLS CALI student code also is available at the circulation desk, by emailing askthelibrary@brooklaw.edu or by texting (718) 734 2432.
Two commonly-used legal encyclopedias, American Jurisprudence 2d (AmJur 2d) and Corpus Juris Secundum (CJS), can be useful research starting points. These legal encyclopedias provide general discussions of legal issues and citations to key cases from many U.S. jurisdictions. BLS students, faculty and administrators can access both legal encyclopedias in Westlaw Precision and can access AmJur in Lexis+.
American Jurisprudence 2d (Westlaw)
Chapter: Trademarks and Tradenames (Westlaw, w/ May 2025 update)
Nutshells are short volumes that provide simple overviews of areas of law. They might assist non-lawyers and law students. All nutshells published by West Academic include the word "nutshell" in the title. Do not cite a nutshell in a legal document.
Art Law in a Nutshell
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Intellectual Property and Unfair Competition in a Nutshell
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International Intellectual Property in a Nutshell
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Trademark and Unfair Competition in a Nutshell
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Trade Secret Law in a Nutshell
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This Examples & Explanations study aid includes a brief overview of the law, followed by numerous examples and explanations that reinforce and confirm intellectual property law concepts and rules. BLS now uses OpenAthens to support BLS students' remote access to digital resources in Aspen Learning Library. See: BLS Library Technology: Remote Access: Signing In.
Intellectual Property
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Access through Aspen Learning Library. In SARA catalog record, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - ASPEN.
1 print copy also is available on Reserve.
Contents includes: Trademark -- Subject matter of trademark law -- Substantive standards for protection: "the source-distinguishing ability of a mark" -- Obtaining protection and licensing: using, registering, licensing, and losing a trademark -- Infringement and related rights under trademark law -- Trade secret -- Trade secret subject matter: information with economic value from not being generally known -- Getting protection through reasonable security measures and losing protection through public disclosure -- Misappropriation and remedies -- Three state law theories and preemption -- Three more state law theories and federal preemption.
West Publishing describes the Concise Hornbook series as "[d]esigned for law students" and providing "a solid, efficient understanding of legal concepts and doctrines."
Principles of Trademark Law
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Contents:
Introduction to the law of trademarks -- Acquiring trademark rights -- The distinctiveness requirement and issues of trademark validity -- Protection for trade dress and other unconventional trademarks -- Trademark infringement, counterfeiting and false advertising -- Trademark dilution -- Fair use, other affirmative defenses and remedies -- Trademark assignments and licensing -- Trademarks on the internet -- International aspects of trademark protection.