Results tagged “Westlaw” from Pierce Law Library

Westlaw rolled out a new database to search Markman orders from federal district courts.  It is MARKMAN-ORDERS. 

From Westlaw's E-Lert Newsletter:  "A Markman order is a pretrial order in which the federal district court construes the meaning of key words in patent claims. A Markman order might construe claims from multiple patents at once."

In the MARKMAN-ORDERS database "you can retrieve documents and patent file history from the underlying patents by clicking the appropriate links on the Links tab. (Note: These links do not appear when you retrieve a Markman order from the DCT database.) If you are viewing a patent that had been the subject of a Markman order, you can retrieve the Markman order by clicking the appropriate link at the KeyCite® history or Graphical KeyCite display."

http://lawschool.westlaw.com/

Both Lexis and Westlaw will be offering training sessions this Tuesday (March 17) in the OTC (Library Classroom).  In addition, Westlaw will have a second session on Friday, March 20 also in the OTC. Contact the Lexis or Westlaw reps for more information.

LEXIS:  http://www.lexisnexis.com/lawschool/
WESTLAW:  http://lawschool.westlaw.com/
As of January 10, 2009, Westlaw has a new policy regarding which browsers will work with their service [ http://west.thomson.com/software/westlaw/ ]:

Westlaw access will be blocked when using Web browsers that are no longer supported by the companies that created them. The lack of support can create problems during Westlaw development which may result in a security risk. Users attempting to access Westlaw using one of these browsers will receive an explanatory message that offers alternatives.

Westlaw access using the following browsers will be blocked:

  • Netscape (all versions)
  • Mozilla Firefox versions lower than 1.5
  • Safari versions lower than 2.0
  • Internet Explorer versions lower than 6