McJohn, Stephen M., 1959-
Intellectual property : examples & explanations / Stephen M. McJohn. - 3rd ed. - New York : Aspen Publishers, 2009. - xxii, 531 p. ; 26 cm. - The examples & explanations series . - Examples & explanations series. .
Includes index.
The contours of intellectual property law -- Subject matter : creative expression, "no matter how humble, crude or obvious" -- Excluded subject matter : ideas, functional aspects, infringing material, government works -- Obtaining protection and licensing : ownership, formalities, duration -- Exclusive rights : their enforcement and limitations -- Patentable subject matter: products and processes -- Substantive standards for protection: new, useful, and nonobvious inventions -- Obtaining protection, ownership, and licensing : of hoops and pitfalls -- Rights and infringement : "the benefit of his invention" -- Subject matter of trademark law -- Substantive standards for protection : "the source-distinguishing ability of a mark" -- Obtaining protection and licensing : using, registering, licensing, and losing a trademark -- Infringement and related rights under trademark law -- Trade secret subject matter : information with economic value from not being generally known -- Getting protection through reasonable security measures and losing protection through public disclosure -- Misappropriation and remedies -- Three more state law theories and federal preemption.
9780735577336 (pbk.) 0735577331 (pbk.)
2009007612
Intellectual property--United States.
KF2980 / .M42 2009
346.7304/8
Intellectual property : examples & explanations / Stephen M. McJohn. - 3rd ed. - New York : Aspen Publishers, 2009. - xxii, 531 p. ; 26 cm. - The examples & explanations series . - Examples & explanations series. .
Includes index.
The contours of intellectual property law -- Subject matter : creative expression, "no matter how humble, crude or obvious" -- Excluded subject matter : ideas, functional aspects, infringing material, government works -- Obtaining protection and licensing : ownership, formalities, duration -- Exclusive rights : their enforcement and limitations -- Patentable subject matter: products and processes -- Substantive standards for protection: new, useful, and nonobvious inventions -- Obtaining protection, ownership, and licensing : of hoops and pitfalls -- Rights and infringement : "the benefit of his invention" -- Subject matter of trademark law -- Substantive standards for protection : "the source-distinguishing ability of a mark" -- Obtaining protection and licensing : using, registering, licensing, and losing a trademark -- Infringement and related rights under trademark law -- Trade secret subject matter : information with economic value from not being generally known -- Getting protection through reasonable security measures and losing protection through public disclosure -- Misappropriation and remedies -- Three more state law theories and federal preemption.
9780735577336 (pbk.) 0735577331 (pbk.)
2009007612
Intellectual property--United States.
KF2980 / .M42 2009
346.7304/8