Patent and trademark tactics and practice / David A. Burge
Imprint
New York : John Wiley & Sons, 1999
Edition
3rd ed
Descript
xv, 282 p.; 24 cm
CONTENT
The patent attorney's bailiwick: The panorama of intellectual property -- Working with a patent attorney -- Patents: 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 -- Trademarks: Basic features of trademarks -- Selection and proper use of trademarks -- Trademark registration -- Assigning, licensing, and enforcing trademark rights -- Copyrights: Basic features of copyrights -- Registration and other copyright issues -- Other forms of intellectual property: Design patents -- Plant protection -- Trade secrets -- Preserving and protecting specific types of intellectual property rights: Computerware -- Biotechnology