With the advent of the Internet, small business owners and innovators of every stripe need to be ever-watchful when choosing and protecting their names, logos, packaging and slogans. Fortunately, there's help. Trademark explains, step by step, how to: choose a distinctive name that competitors can't copy, conduct a trademark search, register a ...
A clear and simple guide to the entire patent process. Do you toil away in an office, garage or basement lab in the hopes of bringing a new widget to life? What will you do when it's alive and kicking?
Stim introduces readers to the origins of copy-right law, the extent of trademark rights, and what is patentable. He includes step-by-step information to use and register the various forms required in intellectual property law, including trademark and copyright application as well as supporting documentation such as assignments and declarations. ...
The quickest way for someone to establish proof of creation of an invention is to file a provisional patent application (PPA), a shortened version of a patent application. This book takes readers step-by-step through the process of drafting and filing a PPA within 24 hours, explaining how to: search for prior art, organize data, use charts and ...
Written for programmers, publishers, business people, inventors, writers, and others who need to understand the terminology of intellectual property law, this text provides sample legal forms, clear explanations and definitions, and the latest law and court decisions.
The No. 1 bestselling business book for bands! If you belong to a band and love the art of your job, but sing the blues when it comes to the business side, you need "Music Law." Composed by musician and lawyer Richard Stim. "Music Law" provides all the legal information and practical advice musicians need. The 6th edition is thoroughly updated ...
All too often, people worry too much about not having enough money to retire well. The first book of Nolo's USA TODAY series brings the perspective to retirement that everyone stressing about money needs. It includes the financial information future retirees seek, but retirement satisfaction isn't just about wealth. Retire Happy includes important ...
Packed with practical, effective licensing strategies, License Your Invention tells inventors everything they need to know to enter into a good written agreement with the manufacturer, marketer or distributor who will handle the details of merchandising an invention. The book shows step by step how to draft a license that will be fair to all ...
If you belong to a band and love the art of your job, but sing the blues when it comes to the business, you need Music Law. Composed by musician and lawyer Richard Stim, the book explains how to: book performances-choose a name and protect its use-copyright song lyrics-establish legal ownership of songs-sample legally-sign contracts-write a band ...
Business people often possess some confidential information that will give them an advantage in the marketplace. But a secret can be leaked...Yet rea ders armed with this unique and valuable book can protect themselves by preventing trade secrets from reaching the wrong hands. This book will help readers to develop a nondisclosure agreement (NDA) ...
Giving listeners the information they need to get a business launched quickly and running smoothly, this five-disc collection (60 minutes per CD) covers cash flow and accounting; personal liability, insurance, and business structures; marketing and advertising; business taxes and deductions; and employees, contracts, permits, and licenses.
If you plan to use any copyrighted material for your own purposes, you need to get permission first from the owners of that work. If you don't, you could find yourself slapped with a lawsuit. Getting Permission tackles the permissions process head on. It shines the light on whom to ask for permission, as well as when -- and how much to expect -- ...
For anyone who needs to understand the terminology of intellectual property law, this bestseller offers plain-English explanations and practical advice.
An attorney specializing in intellectual property, Stim (San Francisco State U.) offers nonlawyers a snapshot of US and international copyright law as it changes rapidly under pressure from new technologies and new legislation trying to maintain balance between an author's rights and the public's.
Over 725,000 people in the U.S. rely on eBay for either their primary or secondary source of income. It is estimated that 14 percent of eBay sellers have retired from their jobs to work full-time on eBay and an additional 12 percent are considering doing so. These online auctioneers need a reliable, easy-to-use resource to maximize profits and ...
The quickest way for someone to establish proof of creation of an invention is to file a provisional patent application (PPA), a shortened version of a patent application. This book takes readers step-by-step through the process of drafting and filing a PPA within 24 hours, explaining how to: - search for prior art- organize data- use charts and ...
For people who are crossing the line between hobby and business. The ideal startup book for the accidental business person. Help for people who have fallen into business for example, an EBay business thats suddenly become a full time enterpriser
Your Crafts Business" clearly explains legal principles that can protect a crafts business and help it grow. Includes tear-out contracts and other legal forms, plus step-by-step instructions to fill them out. Includes CD-ROM. Consumable.
Whether you're investigating patent, copyright or trademark law, get the most concise and comprehensive explanations of intellectual property in one volume! Whether you're an Edison, Faulkner or Jobs, you need "Patent, Copyright & Trademark." Intellectual property law has rapidly produced its own language. But don't count on understanding it ...
This book answers every practical question relating to ownership use and transfer of copyrights. It is a practical work that contains forms, regulations and detailed instructions on registering, assigning and acquiring copyright, as well as information about investigating imitations and stopping infringers. There is substantial legal background ...
"License Your Invention" tells inventors everything they need to enter into a good written agreement with the manufacturer, marketer, or distributor who will handle the details of merchandising their invention. It shows step by step how to draft a license that will be fair to all parties and addresses such issues as ownership, applicable patent, ...
Packed with practical, effective licensing strategies, Profit From Your Idea tells inventors everything they need to know to enter into a good written agreement with the manufacturer, marketer or distributor who will handle the details of merchandising an invention. The book shows step by step how to draft a license that will be fair to all ...
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