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UNH IP Library Fall 2025 Acquisitions : From cannabis law to conceptual art, from streaming disputes to AI-generated creativity, these acquisitions show that intellectual property is not confined to the “big three” of patents, trademarks, and copyrights

by Jon Cavicchi on 2025-09-15T12:51:00-04:00 | 0 Comments

The Big Picture: Over 70 New Works

This semester’s acquisitions number over 70 carefully curated works, reflecting how intellectual property law now touches nearly every sector of society, culture, and commerce. The collection spans both core doctrinal foundations and emerging practice areas, ensuring comprehensive coverage for research, coursework, and clinical application.

Artificial Intelligence & IP Practice

  • The Cambridge Handbook of Generative AI and the Law (CUP)

  • AI in Legal Tech (Wiley)

  • Copyright and Patent Laws for the Age of Artificial Intelligence (EBC)

  • Who Owns Intelligence? (2025)

  • Legal and Economic Perspectives on the Nexus of AI and Copyright (IGI)

Practice Area Impact: Patent prosecution in AI, copyright claims in machine-generated works, ethics and liability for lawyers using generative AI.


Comparative & Global IP Systems

  • Comparative Study on Patent Claim Interpretation: US & China (EBC)

  • China’s Intellectual Property Regime for Innovation (2025)

  • Essentials of Intellectual Property Rights: China’s Experience (EBSCO)

  • Greyscale Legality: IP Enforcement in China (2025)

  • International Protection of Traditional Knowledge under the Law of Trademarks and Geographical Indications (Khademi, 2025)

Practice Area Impact: International trade, WTO disputes, global brand management, comparative patent litigation.


Copyright, Culture & Creative Industries

  • Internet Memes and Copyright Law (Leung, 2025)

  • Copyright Law and Streaming (Dusollier, 2025)

  • Women Proprietors of Copyright in England, 1675–1775 (Brill)

  • Postcolonial Copyright Law (EBC)

  • The Moral Rights of Authors and Artists (Rajan, 2025)

Industry Impact: Music licensing, streaming platforms, photography, meme culture, global publishing.


Patents, Technology & Innovation Policy

  • Patent Litigation Strategies Handbook, 5th Ed. (EBC)

  • Patent Valuation (Moro-Visconti, 2025)

  • Navigating Patent Law Challenges (2025)

  • The Transition of the Patent System (Taylor & Francis)

  • A Research Agenda for Patent Law (2025)

  • Reconfigurable Obfuscation Techniques for the IC Supply Chain (EBC)

Industry Impact: Pharmaceuticals, biotech, electronics, aerospace, IT.


Trademark & Branding

  • Research Handbook on the Law and Economics of Trademark Law (EBC)

  • Trademark Law in Theory and Practice (Vols. 1 & 2, EBSCO)

  • Mark Your Territory: Navigating Trademarks in the Modern Marketplace (2025)

  • Trademarks and Free Speech (2025)

  • Landmark Judgments on Trade Marks Law (2025)

Industry Impact: Fashion, pharmaceuticals, consumer goods, digital branding.


Emerging Fields & Cross-Disciplinary Frontiers

  • Governing the Metaverse (2025)

  • Welcome to the Metaverse (Shrier, 2025)

  • Intellectual Property and Cannabis (2025)

  • Reputation Management in the Food and Drink Industries (2025)

  • Copyright and Conceptual Art (Bloomsbury)

  • The Consumption of Counterfeit Fashion (EBC)

  • Returning the Loot: Tackling the Illicit Trafficking of Cultural Property in South Asia (2023)

Industry Impact: Cannabis, esports, digital fashion, art markets, cultural heritage.


Practical & Entrepreneurial Resources

  • The Passive Profit Playbook: Monetizing Your IP (EBC)

  • You Are an IP Company (EBC)

  • Securing Your Business: Developing an IP Strategy for Growth (DEG)

  • Commercializing NASA Technologies (Holmes & McCormick, 2025)

Practice Area Impact: Startups, tech transfer, licensing negotiations, IP strategy consulting.


Gravitas of the Publishers

The gravitas of these works is reinforced by their publishers:

  • Cambridge University Press & Wiley → global anchors with practitioner-ready insights.

  • EBC (Eastern Book Company) → comparative IP and technology law powerhouse.

  • Brill & Bloomsbury → cultural and historical depth.

  • Taylor & Francis & Edward Elgar → heavyweight research in law, economics, and policy.

Together, these publishers guarantee that the acquisitions carry both scholarly weight and practical authority.


Serving Every Corner of UNH Law

Faculty Research

  • AI & copyright titles support faculty publications and symposia.

  • Patent reform and valuation resources feed policy reports and articles.

  • Cultural property texts aid interdisciplinary collaborations.

Residential & Hybrid JD Students

  • Case-focused texts supplement Trademark Law, Copyright, and Patent Litigation courses.

  • Entrepreneurial guides support IP Transactional Practice electives.

  • Trademark/free speech debates enrich seminars.

Clinics & Experiential Learning

  • Securing Your Business and Commercializing NASA Technologies support the IP & Transaction Clinic.

  • Sports law texts enrich athlete rights and governance projects.

  • Tech transfer resources aid experiential commercialization work.

Master’s Students & Global Learners

  • Comparative titles (China, WTO, traditional knowledge) equip LL.M. and M.I.P. students.

  • Fashion and counterfeit studies prepare students for luxury goods practice.

  • Cultural property law speaks to global justice careers.

 In short: the acquisitions don’t just fill shelves—they power classrooms, clinics, and scholarship across UNH Franklin Pierce.


Industries Covered by the Collection

Arts, Media & Entertainment

  • Copyright & streaming, memes, conceptual art.

  • Supports creators, entertainment companies, and digital platforms.

Fashion & Luxury Goods

  • Fashion IP and counterfeit enforcement.

  • Equips students for careers in luxury goods, apparel, and retail law.

Sports & Athlete Rights

  • Governance handbooks, athlete IP disputes.

  • Prepares students for sports law practice and athlete representation.

Cannabis & Regulated Industries

  • IP in cannabis, food & drink reputation.

  • Key for lawyers in emerging regulated industries.

Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology

  • Access to medicines, patent valuation, litigation strategy.

  • Equips students for pharma/biotech practice and policy debates.

Technology, AI & Digital Innovation

  • AI inventorship, supply chain, metaverse law.

  • Supports careers in startups, cybersecurity, and tech policy.

Cultural Heritage & Traditional Knowledge

  • Loot restitution, traditional knowledge protection.

  • Prepares students for work with NGOs, governments, and global organizations.

By touching sectors as varied as fashion, cannabis, sports, biotech, and cultural heritage, the Fall 2025 acquisitions make clear: intellectual property is not niche—it is universal.


The Subject Specialist Advantage

Behind these acquisitions is Professor Jon Cavicchi, whose 33 years of service as IP Librarian, coupled with his LL.M. in Intellectual Property, ensure that acquisitions are not scattershot but strategically curated.

  • Curricular foresight → anticipating needs in AI, blockchain, fashion law.

  • Faculty alignment → matching acquisitions with research agendas.

  • Access equity → prioritizing unlimited-user licenses for hybrid and global learners.


Why It Matters

The Fall 2025 acquisitions confirm the UNH IP Library’s role as a national treasure and global hub for IP scholarship. More than a collection, it is a living research infrastructure—equipping the next generation of lawyers and scholars to confront IP’s evolving challenges in AI, culture, pharmaceuticals, sports, and beyond.

The only U.S. academic IP library continues to set the standard—thanks to subject-specialist curation and a bold vision for the future of legal research.


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