An Overview of intellectual property protections: a policy perspective -- The U.S. patent system: fundamental conditions for protection -- Patent policy: obtaining and defending patent rights -- Protection of secret information: trade secrets and unsolicited ideas -- Copyright protection: the basics -- Copyright policy: specific technology applications -- Trademark policy: protection identification symbols and product designs in internatinal markets -- Tort liability and intrusions on privacy -- Important contract and antitrust issues for technology companies

1. High technology industries -- Law and legislation -- United States
2. Intellectual property -- United States
3. Computer contracts -- United States