Title: Patent and trademark tactics and practice /
Authors: Burge, David A., 1943-
Publisher: J. Wiley & Sons,
Year: 1999
Subjects: Patent practice United States.; Patent laws and legislation United States.
Contents: The panorama of intellectual property -- Working with a patent attorney -- Basic features of patents and patent systems -- What can be patented and by whom -- Preparing to apply for a patent -- Prosecuting a pending patent application -- Using an issued patent -- Maintaining proper invention records -- Planning a patent program -- Disclosing an idea and invention marketing -- Assignments, shoprights, and licenses -- Patent protections available abroad -- Basic features of trademarks -- Selection and proper use of trademarks -- Trademark registration -- Assigning, licensing, and enforcing trademark rights -- Basic features of copyrights -- Registration and other copyright issues -- Design patents -- Plant protection -- Trade secrets -- Computerware -- Biotechnology.