New US IP Law Database

The Law, Science & Technology Program at Stanford Law School launched the Stanford Intellectual Property Litigation Clearinghouse (IPLC), an online database that offers comprehensive information about intellectual property disputes within the United States (in real-time data)

I have used Stanford's other clearinghouse: Securities Class Action Clearinghouse - which is also a great source for research and information (settlements, decsions, news, charts, graphs, etc.).

Another great addition to the world of free legal research.

Comparison of Legislative Resources

GPO Access is putting themselves (and other federal information sources) to the test with their new "Comparison of Legislative Resources on GPO Access and Selected Government
and Non-Government Web Sites" avaiable at:
http://fedbbs.access.gpo.gov/library/compare/compr5.pdf

Included is THOMAS, the House of Representatives web site, the Senate web site,
THOMAS, HeinOnline, Lexis-Nexis Congressional, and Westlaw.

Direct access to charts containing the results for the non-government sites can be found at
http://fedbbs.access.gpo.gov/library/compare/compr5b.pdf

For the government site chart see: http://fedbbs.access.gpo.gov/library/compare/compr5a.pdf

More Federal Resources

Library of Congress Handles

The LOC created "Legislative Handles," a new persistent URL service which allows users to link to legislative documents from the THOMAS web site. These links, or "handles," do not change over time. It was created to aid in potential future database and search engine changes, but also aids in creating predictable links. For example, if you want to search bills from 110th Congress you can link directly to http://thomas.loc.gov/home/c110query.html and it will remain that way no matter what Congress is currently in session.

2008-09 U.S. Government Manual

The latest version of this title is now available on GPO Access. Previous editions dating
back to 1995 can also be found here.

News From Around the World

Seeing the Newseum on the Inauguration Parade route reminded me of theirs (and others) spectacular foreign news service.

The Newseum Front Pages (provided by the Newseum - an actual museum of news located in Washington, D.C.) offers over 600 front pages from 62 countries. A quick glance at the front page of the local newspaper can really aid jurisdictional specific research.

The page Press Display offers a number of services, free and fee. One of the freebies is the opportunity to view front pages of newspapers from around the world. They also offer a premium service at approx. $30 per month for unlimited access to their newspapers, a 14-day archive, and the ability to set up monitoring alerts.