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Title The value of a good idea : protecting intellectual property in an information economy.

Publication Info. Aberdeen, WA : Silver Lake Pub., [2004]
©2004

Item Status

Edition 1st ed.
Description 1 online resource (436 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Taking control series
Taking control series.
Note "The Silver Lake Editors who worked on this book include Kristin Loberg [and others]."--Acknowledgments.
Includes index.
Contents Preliminaries; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1: WHAT IS COPYRIGHTABLE MATERIAL?; CHAPTER 2: AUTHORS AND AUTHOR ISSUES; CHAPTER 3: COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT; CHAPTER 4: FAIR USE OF COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL; CHAPTER 5: THE DIGITAL MILLENNIUM COPYRIGHT ACT; CHAPTER 6: THE MECHANICS OF TRADEMARKS; CHAPTER 7: TRADE DRESS; CHAPTER 8: CONFUSION, DILUTION & SECONDARY MEANING; CHAPTER 9: INTERNET ISSUES; CHAPTER 10: HOW PATENTS WORK; CHAPTER 11: PATENT INFRINGEMENT; CHAPTER 12: SUBMISSION, IMPLIED CONTRACTS & OTHER ISSUES; CHAPTER 13: RIGHT TO PRIVACY.
Chapter 14: right to publicitychapter 15: damages to reputation; chapter 16: trade secrets; conclusion: the value of a good idea; appendix a: list of resources; appendix b: property durations; index.
Summary The popularity of the Internet has seen an explosion in disputes over intellectual property issues. This book gives business people the tools for fighting these battles effectively. Starting with a review of the legal concepts that define intellectual property, this book offers clear and useful insights into how these concepts work in the real world. It explains complex (even to legal experts) issues like fair use, infringement, joint authorship and permissions in terms that lay people can comprehend. Readers will understand how to build and protect commercial ideas ... and how to use existing o.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Intellectual property -- United States.
Intellectual property.
United States.
Trademarks -- United States.
Trademarks.
Patents -- United States.
Patents.
Copyright and electronic data processing -- United States.
Copyright and electronic data processing.
Information superhighway -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Information superhighway -- Law and legislation.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Loberg, Kristin.
Silver Lake Publishing.
Other Form: Print version: Value of a good idea. 1st ed. Aberdeen, WA : Silver Lake Pub., ©2004 1563437457 9781563437458 (OCoLC)49706195
ISBN 9781563438097 (electronic book)
1563438097 (electronic book)