Introduction to intellectual property

✍ Scribed by David Kline, David Kappos

• Publisher: OpenStax, Rice University
• Year: 2021
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 209
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Introduction to Intellectual Property provides a clear, effective introduction to patents, copyright, trademarks, and trade secrets. The text may be used by students and instructors in formal courses, as well as those applying intellectual property considerations to entrepreneurship, marketing, law, computer science, engineering, design, or other fields. The luminaries involved with this project represent the forefront of knowledge and experience, and the material offers considerable examples and scenarios, as well as exercises and references.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
Preface and Foreword
Chapter 1 Patent Basics
Introduction
1.1 The Foundations of Patent Protection
1.2 The Weakness of Early Patent Systems
1.3 America’s Uniquely Democratic Patent System
1.4 The Role of the U.S. Legal System
1.5 What the U.S. Patent System Wrought
1.6 Patent-Eligible Inventions
1.7 Criteria for Patenting
1.8 Other Types of Patents
1.9 The Patenting Process
Assessment Questions
Chapter 2 Patent Enforcement
Introduction
2.1 The Right to Enforce Patents
2.2 Deciding Whether and How to Enforce a Patent
2.3 Patent Litigation
2.4 Getting Started
2.5 Pretrial Procedures
2.6 Trial
2.7 Post-Trial Procedures
2.8 Appeals
2.9 Litigation Alternatives
2.10 Patent Trolls and Efforts to Thwart Them
Assessment Questions
Chapter 3 Copyright Basics
Introduction
3.1 The Basics of Copyright
3.2 Early Copyright Systems
3.3 Copyright in America
3.4 Eligible Works
3.5 Rights and Term
3.6 Infringement and Remedies
3.7 The Fair Use Defense
3.8 Changes in Copyright Law
3.9 New Technology Challenges to Copyright
3.10 Alternative Forms of Copyright
3.11 Copyright in a Changing World
Assessment Questions
Chapter 4 Trademark Basics
Introduction
4.1 Core Concepts
4.2 Early Trademark Systems
4.3 U.S. Trademark Law
4.4 The Four Types of Trademarks
4.5 The Subject Matter of Trademarks
4.6 The Spectrum of Distinctiveness
4.7 Bars to Trademark
4.8 Establishing Trademark Protection
4.9 Trademark Infringement
4.10 Trademark Remedies
4.11 Fair Use of Trademarks
Assessment Questions
Chapter 5 Trade Secret Basics
Introduction
5.1 Trade Secret Protection
5.2 The Foundations of Trade Secrets Law
5.3 Elements of a Trade Secret
5.4 The Secrecy Requirement
5.5 Misappropriation of Trade Secrets
5.6 Remedies Available for the Misappropriation of Trade Secrets
Assessment Questions
Appendix A Glossary
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Answer Key
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Index
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