Patent attorney David Pressman offers this definitive guide to patenting an invention. Completely revised and updated, the 5th edition contains new Patent and Trademark Office guidelines for software patents, important new information on provisional patent applications and design patents for computer icons, and detailed information on fees and ...
Having the great idea, creating the magnificent work of art, or coming up with the next fad is only the first step to cashing in on your creativity and hard work. Next up is protecting your intellectual property. This book is for anyone who is intrigued by those three not-so-little words: patents, copyrights, and trademarks. That means you, if: ...
Cash flow is the foundation of every successful business, but investors do not have to start with their own money to build a business. Money can be made - by acquiring an asset, turning an idea into a fortune, or building a business - using Other People's Money - OPM. If one has a credible idea or business proposition, does their homework, and ...
Trademarks, copyrights, patents and unfair competition are the four major areas of intellectual property law that are presented in full in this second edition. The methods by which each is created, procedures to register or protect each, the duration of rights, infringement, and new and international developments are addressed for each of the four ...
An examination of the Internet as both town square and frontier of individualism and free expression--and how business interests threaten to change that. The author touches on issues of free spech, intellectual property, and the application of existing laws to cyberspace.
Facing new developments and intricacies for copyright determination, teachers and administrators are sometimes unsure about how to determine and ensure copyright compliance. This easy-to-understand new fourth edition of Copyright for Schools provides the most up-to-date, authoritative presentation and analysis of copyright for both print and ...
Written to introduce business students to the high-tech legal environment, this textbook discusses the "corpus juris" of e-commerce from an American perspective, but does treat significant global issues as they arise. Separate sections cover intellectual property issues; business and financial issue and more.
The 2004 Supplement provides updates on: - legislative developments- relevant activity in patent, copyright, and trademark law- international agreements
In today's high-tech world there are all sorts of new rules being formulated when it comes to be protecting one's 'rights' in the market. Software concerns, fair useage of documents, copyright piracy - these are real concerns that cost companies millions of lost revenues each year. PROTECTING YOUR NO. 1 ASSET shows you how knowing how to protect ...
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?
Having a novel idea and turning that idea into cash is not as simple as it sounds. The process of creating an invention, protecting that invention, and bringing it to the marketplace can cost you a bundle. In today's highly complex and competitive world of business, not knowing what to expect and what to do will almost always guarantee failure. To ...
This resource provides everything readers need to document every aspect of their creation, including: worksheets, forms and sample agreements, step-by-step instructions, and references to relevant areas of patent law.
This helpful guide uses a public policy approach, illustrating how U.S. and international governmental bodies make and change policies affecting technology management. To illustrate legal issues discussed in the text, Lee Burgunder uses actual legal cases. Throughout, Burgunder focuses on the issues that are of most concern to technology managers.
TURN YOUR GREAT IDEA INTO A GREAT BIG FORTUNE...We all have great ideas, and every day, ordinary people turn their simple, clever ideas into products or services that earn them millions in royalties. So what separates those who earn money exploiting their ideas from those who don't? The answer is in your hands; this book gives you all the ...
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 ...
From "Forbes" and "Fortune" to the "Wall Street Journal" and "Harvard Business Review", the pundits are calling it the next corporate strategy challenge: how to use patents and other intellectual property not just as legal tools but as weapons of business competition. With "Rembrandts in the Attic", authors Kevin Rivette and David Kline provide ...
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 definitive guide to intellectual property for business managers How can a product of the mindaan innovation, a song, a logo, a business secretabecome the subject of precise property rights? No idea is entirely original; every innovative business borrows, sometimes extensively, from its competitors and others. So how do we draw the line ...
From "the most important thinker on intellectual property in the Internet era" ("The New Yorker") comes a landmark manifesto about the genuine closing of the American mind.
In this guide for independent filmmakers, entertainment lawyer Donaldson addresses copyright and clearance questions using a minimum of legal jargon. The text is organized in the chronological order in which legal issues are normally encountered when making a film and bringing it to the screen.
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