Intellectual property
Subtitle: examples and explanations
By: Stephen M. McJohn.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Aspen Publishers
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 421
Subjects: Intellectual property -- United States.
Table of contents: title: The contours of intellectual property law; title: Subject matter: creative expression, "no matter how humble, crude or obvious"; title: Excluded subject matter: ideas, functional aspects, infringing material, government works; title: Obtaining protection and licensing: ownership, formalities, duration; title: Exclusive rights: their enforcement and limitations; title: Patentable subject matter: products and processes; title: Substantive standards for protection: new, useful, and nonobvious inventions; title: Obtaining protection, ownership, and licensing: of hoops and pitfalls; title: Rights and infringement: "the benefit of his invention"; title: Subject matter of trademark law; title: Substantive standards for protection: "the source-distinguishing ability of a mark"; title: Obtaining protection and licensing: using, registering, licensing, and losing a trademark; title: Infringement and related rights under trademark law; title: Trade secret subject matter: information with economic value from not being generally known; title: Getting protection through reasonable security measures and losing protection through public disclosure; title: Misappropriation and remedies; title: Three more state law theories and federal preemption.