Intellectual property
Subtitle: examples & explanations
By: Stephen M. McJohn.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Aspen Publishers
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780735577336
Subjects: Intellectual property -- United States
Notes: Includes index.
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.