This guide is intended for students and researchers studying intellectual property law at the University of Oxford, although students and researchers from any field may find it useful.
Use this guide to find out about sources and commentary for intellectual property law, including ebooks, ejournals, and databases.
Intellectual Property: a Very Short Introduction by 
The Oxford Handbook of Intellectual Property Law by 
Handbook of Intellectual Property Research : Lenses, Methods, and Perspectives by Available to everyone with access to the internet
Intellectual property monographs can be found in a number of different areas of the Bodleian Law Library.
As intellectual property is a taught topic look out for the location Reserve Collection (which is on Floor 2). This has the most heavily used titles on RLs, such as the first example below.
Intellectual Property Law by Books dealing with the theory/philosophy of IP law will have shelf marks beginning Jurisp (for Jurisprudence). This collection is also shelved on Level 2. An example is below
Patents on Life : religious, ethical, and social justice aspects of biotechnology and intellectual property by The Law Bod now has some material from the former Oxford Intellectual Property Research Centre (OIPRC), which had previously been based at St Peter's College.
This collection can be found in the rolling cases on the Ground Floor. It is an "historic" non-growing collection. It is discoverable by normal SOLO searches, and readers are welcome to consult its volumes. For more on the OIPRC please see another page in this guide.
A colleague in the Radcliffe Science Library has written the following guide to help with technicalities of getting patents.
