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			Access to Court Electronic Records 
			(PACER) is an electronic public access service that allows users 
			to obtain case and docket information from Federal Appellate, 
			District and Bankruptcy courts, and from the U.S. Party/Case Index.
			
			While registration and payment 
			is required, the fees are minimal, and the amount of easily 
			accessible information about prior and ongoing lawsuits is 
			tremendous.  
			
			  
			
			
			 Since 
			its creation in 1982, the  
			Court of 
			Appeals for the Federal Circuit 
			hears all patent appeals. 
			
			Recent precedential 
			opinions are published on the Federal Circuit website.  
			
			
			Georgetown University publishes important Federal Circuit 
			opinions on the internet, free of charge, in a searchable format, as 
			does  Emory University 
			(no longer updated). 
			
			  
			
			Certain opinions of the
			
			
			Trademark Trial 
			and Appeal Board are available on the internet 
			in a searchable database through this 
			link. 
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