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Designed for lawyers, law students, professors and anyone who works closely with intellectual property issues, the Intellectual Property Law Dictionary contains six sections explaining the meaning and legal background of terms used in copyright, trademark, patent, trade dress, nanotechnology and trade secrets, both in the U.S. and internationally. More than just a dictionary, it provides detailed citations to source materials with every definition. You'll also find an "Overview of Intellectual Property", explaining the essentials of each type of intellectual property and appendices offering concise histories of the law of copyright, patents, trademark, trade dress, nanotechnology and trade secrets.
There's no need to pore over dozens of pages of statutes, treaties and cases to find out what a new expression or acronym means. With this useful reference, you'll get the answers you need, quickly and easily. Four volumes.
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Table of contents
PART I
COPYRIGHT
SECTION 1
Dictionary of United States Domestic Copyright Terms
APPENDICES:
Appendix A: Short History of Copyright Law in the United States
Appendix B: Charts on Sources of United States Domestic Copyright Law
Appendix C: Digital Millennium Copyright Act (AMCA)
Appendix D: Copyright and Cyberspace
Appendix E: United States Copyright Office Report on Orphan Works
SECTION 2
Dictionary of International Copyright Terms
APPENDICES:
Appendix A: Charts on Sources of International Treaties and European Union (EU) Directives
Appendix B: Treatise and Their Member States
PART II
PATENTS
SECTION 1
Dictionary of United States Domestic Patent Terms
APPENDICES:
Appendix A: Short History of Patent Law in the United States
Appendix B: Charts on Sources of United States Domestic Patent Law
SECTION 2
Dictionary of International Patent Terms
APPENDICES:
Appendix A: Charts on Sources of International Treaties and European Union (EU) Treaties
Appendix B: List of Treaties and Their Member States
Appendix C: List of Websites of World Wide Patent Offices
PART III
TRADEMARKS
SECTION 1
Dictionary of United States Domestic Trademark Terms
APPENDICES:
Appendix A: Short History of the Development of Trademark Law in the United States
Appendix B: Charts on Sources of United States Domestic Trademark Law
Appendix C: Trademark and Cyberspace
SECTION 2
Dictionary of International Trademark Terms
APPENDICES:
Appendix A: Charts on Sources of International Treaties and EU Treaties
Appendix B: List of Treaties and Their Member States
Appendix C: Charts on Sources of International Trade Mark Law
PART IV
TRADE DRESS
SECTION 1
Dictionary of United States Domestic Trade Dress Terms
APPENDICES:
Appendix A: Development of Trade Dress Law in the United States
Appendix B: Charts on Sources of United States Trade Dress Law
SECTION 2
Dictionary of International Trade Dress Terms
APPENDICES:
Appendix A: Charts on Sources of International Trade Dress Law
PART V
NANOTECHNOLOGY LAW
SECTION 1
Dictionary of United States Domestic Nanotechnology Law Terms
APPENDICES:
Appendix A: Nanotechnology: New Paradigms and Conversing Technology
Appendix B: Short History of Nanotechnology in the United States
Appendix C: Charts on the Sources of United States Domestic Nanotechnology Law
Appendix D: United States Patent and Trademark Office: Cross Reference Chart for Nanotechnology
PART VI
TRADE SECRETS
Overview: International Protection of Trade Secrets by R. Mark Halligan, Esq.
SECTION 1
Dictionary of United States Domestic Trade Secret Terms
APPENDICES:
Appendix A: Charts on Sources of Domestic Trade Secret Law
SECTION 2
Dictionary of International Trade Secret Terms
APPENDICES:
Appendix A: Charts on Sources of International Trade Secret Law
