Patent, Copyright & Trademark: An Intellectual Property Desk Reference (8th Edition)

Patent, Copyright & Trademark: An Intellectual Property Desk Reference (8th Edition) List Price: $39.99 Offer Price: USD $5.00 See Latest Price & Discount Author Richard Stim Binding: Paperback Publication Date: 2006-01-10 ISBN 1413301967 Publisher:NOLO Editorial Reviews: Product Description Outlines present-day laws and legal rules regarding intellectual property for writers, programmers, publishers, musicians, and inventors and provides accompanying term definitions and sample form agreements. Original. IP. Amazon.com Review The laws covering intellectual property--those products of the imagination with commercial value, such as fictional writing, software designs, product names, and mechanical inventions--have long boggled the minds of the uninitiated. With the advent of online commerce and publishing, the issues have only gotten more confusing. The new edition of Patent, Copyright & Trademark: A Desk Reference to Intellectual Property Law, by attorney Stephen Elias, offers plain-English explanations and practical advice on this increasingly complex topic. Elias covers everything from the laws themselves to their specific applications in different media. Customer Reviews: Review #1: Excellent Product & Service!! 2009-04-03 We received our order in 2-3 days in new condition. We are taking a class so I ordered early assuming that it would take longer. To my suprise, we already have our new books in half the time for almost half the price. Great buy!! Review #2: Good foundational book on Intellectual Property 2008-02-10 This book is an excellent first place to go for people wanting a foundational knowledge of Intellectual Property. In addition to the basics it provides surprisingly comprehensive overview of the three major areas of IP. Making this book an excellent one, and not just a very good one, it also discusses trade secrets. As with most books on Intellectual Property, there is little in the book about who owns patents, how one can transfer ownership to another party, or how one can inadvertantly lose ownership. Overall, though, an excellent book for its stated purpose. Review #3: We needed this 2007-12-28 We needed this for our small buisness. We bought this for a reference book it is a good one... Review #4: Great Resource 2007-09-08 Excellent follow-up to the previous Nolo editions. Layout of the book was not as graphically pleasing, but the information is straightforward and well presented. Review #5: The book is subpar 2006-09-24 I bought this book as a primer reference to patents. What I got was a dictionary of words. This book pretty much is a dictionary without a lot of explanations. Really basic terms also. A lot of basic paraphrasing instead of actual text from the 35 USC manual.