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Patent Law: A Beginner’s Guide

Posted by: Barbara Bavis

For the next entry in our Beginner’s Guide series, I will touch upon patent law, an area of law that, despite its seeming need for specialization and technical knowledge, holds a large amount of interest for the public at large. The Law Library of Congress receives many questions regarding patent law, particularly with regard to …

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Contract Law: A Beginner’s Guide

Posted by: Barbara Bavis

This post was coauthored by Robert Brammer and Barbara Bavis, Legal Reference Librarians. For the next installment of our Beginner’s Guide series, we will examine an area of law that never appears to go out of style—contract law.  Contract law is a constant part of our lives, whether it is signing a lease for a …