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Excellent
This is an excellent book to get a fast and accurate overview of patents -- what they are, how they are created and defended, etc. Although some books have more detail (e.g., "Patent, Copyright & Trademark: An Intellectual Property Desk Reference") have more detail, this book condenses it into the necessary parts which are excellent for beginning jurists, expert witnesses, or someone contemplating creating a patent.

The ideal introduction to the patenting process
An impressive and "reader friendly" compendium of information and instruction Nolo's Patents For Beginners is the ideal introduction to the patenting process for novice inventors and entrepreneurs. Written in plain English, the reader is provided with up-to-date principles of patent law; shown how to properly "read" a patent application; shown the nuts and bolts of patent ownership; informed what the inventor's social or economic status is irrelevant; learn how to analyze and resolve patent disputes; what patents don't inherently provide "defensive" protection; and what the fundamentals of international patent law are. Nolo's Patents For Beginners is a highly recommended addition to personal, professional, academic, corporate, and community library reference patent law collections. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Intellectual Property - Patent    2. Law    3. Legal Reference / Law Profession    4. Patent laws and legislation    5. Patent practice    6. Patents Law    7. Popular works    8. United States   

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clear language and discussion - may have some factual errors
Clearance and Copyright is a clear language guide to copyright issues as they affect filmmakers and to how to clear copyrighted work so that you can use them in your film.It has sections on clearing the script, any music that can be heard in you film, clips from other movies, sculptures etc which may appear in the background and just about any issue that could come up.At the end of each section Donaldson includes sample contracts which might be used to clear that particular item.
Must Have for Indy Filmmakers
If you are serious about making films and in particular documentaries, this is a great book and valuable resource. I can't count the number of times I've consulted it.Read more

Subjects:  1. Copyright    2. Copyright Law    3. Copyright clearinghouses    4. Intellectual Property - Copyright    5. Law    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. Motion Picture Industry    8. Motion pictures    9. Performing Arts/Dance    10. Popular works    11. United States    12. Cinema industry    13. Intellectual property, copyright & patents    14. USA   

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Emergence of TRIPS
The purpose of the book is to explain the emergence of a more ambitious global intellectual property regime in the form of the TRIPS (Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights) agreement - one of several agreements to emerge from the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations.The main argument is that TRIPS emerged primarily as a result of good organization and transnational consensus building on the part of a small group of leaders of multinational corporations called the Intellectual Property Committee (IPC), and the coincidence of the perceived interests of that group with key governments such as that of the United States.In the last chapter, Susan Sell shows how these circumstances did not exist for other Uruguay Round agreements and that, as a result, those agreements were weaker.She also argues that the TRIPS agreement represents an overly aggressive interpretation of intellectual property rights to the advantage of multinational corporations and that a political backlash against this is already underway.
Brilliant study of the politics of intellectual property
This is a very important and highly topical book, which shows in an accessible and persuasive manner how big business has played a decisive role in guiding the international regulation of intellectual property protection. It should be read not only by scholars and students of international politics, but by all those interested in how intellectual property relates to and impacts on international trade, the global expansion of the US entertainment, software and drug industries, and also the health needs of people in developing countries including those suffering from HIV/AIDS. politics of TRIPS
This book provides a fascinating perspective on the politics underlying the TRIPS Agreement.It demonstrates the unique power that strong, well financed interest groups possess when legislative obligations are made at the international level.Anyone working specifically on international intellectual property issues would do well to read this book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business & Financial    2. Foreign trade regulation    3. Franchising    4. Intellectual property    5. International Relations - General    6. International business enterpr    7. Lobbying    8. Political Science    9. Political activity    10. Politics - Current Events    11. Politics / Current Events    12. Politics/International Relations    13. Intellectual property, copyright & patents    14. International economic & trade law    15. International relations    16. Macroeconomics    17. Political Science / International Relations    18. Political economy   

Subjects:  1. Business & Financial    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business Law    4. Civil Procedure    5. International Trade    6. Law    7. Law and legislation    8. Legal Reference / Law Profession    9. Management - General    10. Politics/International Relations    11. States    12. Trade secrets    13. Uniform Trade Secrets Act    14. United States    15. United States.    16. Business & Economics / Management    17. Financial, taxation, commercial, industrial law    18. Intellectual property, copyright & patents    19. USA   

Subjects:  1. Intellectual Property - Trademark    2. Law    3. EU (European Union)    4. EU law: intellectual property, copyright & patents    5. English law: intellectual property    6. Intellectual property, copyright & patents    7. USA    8. United Kingdom, Great Britain   

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Invention TEXTBOOK
Some background on the author is helpful if you are considering purchasing this book as a means of learning the invention process (the following is a summary of the introduction): Prior to inventing several highly successful products, the author was a professional trainer. As a means of service and a way to fulfill his love of training, the author decided to teach an invention course at a local school and sought out a textbook from which to structure the course. No adequate book existed, so he wrote his own based on the insights gained from his experience.
Great Advice
Since 1987, this author has received 14 patents and has achieved a 100% success rate in developing and marketing them. This is particularly impressive when you consider only about 3% of patents earn any money at all for their inventors. In this handbook he shares his hard-acquired knowledge concerning product creation, patenting, licensing, manufacturing, and marketing.
From Patent to Profit
I doubt that you will find an inventor anywhere--even Edison--who has capitilized on all of his patents.Bob Dematteis has.I have read his book and have participated in his seminars.His is the most down-to-earth and valuable advice I have ever read in the intellectual property field.Rarely is one individual able to lead the way through the land-mine of steps it takes to turn an idea into a profitable venture.Just in writing a patent application the use of the word "and" instead of "or" can be enough to disqualify a patent's value before it is even issued.
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Subjects:  1. Advertising & Promotion    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. General    4. Handbooks, manuals, etc    5. Intellectual Property - Patent    6. Inventions    7. Marketing    8. Marketing - General    9. Marketing - Product Management    10. Patent, Trademark, Copyright    11. Patents    12. Reference   

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Covers the First Meeting With the Patent Attorney
Note the title -- for Scientists and Engineers. This is not an in depth text that will make you a patent attorney. This is also not a go get a patent yourself type book. This is an introduction to the process of getting a patent and what it is that you have after you get one.
Basic concepts in patent law covered by book.
This book covers the fundamental aspects of patents. The main emphasis is on the US patent system, with a lesser amount of material on Canadian and international patents in general. After a brief history of the patent system, major chapters cover, specifics of the US patent system, Canadian patent system, what are the requirements for an invention to be patented, interpretation of patents as technical literature, patents as legal documents, and what information is needed to defend a patent. Read more

Subjects:  1. Intellectual Property - Patent    2. Law    3. Legal Reference / Law Profession    4. Patents    5. United States    6. Industrial applications of scientific research & technological innovation    7. Intellectual property, copyright & patents    8. Technology / Engineering / General    9. Technology: General Issues    10. USA   

Subjects:  1. Forms    2. Intellectual Property - Trademark    3. Law    4. Law Of Intellectual Property    5. Law and legislation    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. Patent laws and legislation    8. Patent, Trademark, Copyright    9. Patents    10. Popular works    11. Practical Guides    12. Trademarks    13. United States   

Subjects:  1. Great Britain    2. International    3. Law    4. Law Of The Sea    5. Piracy    6. Pirates    7. United States    8. Intellectual property, copyright & patents    9. International maritime law    10. USA   

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Good coverage
Many people get al excited when they first try to get into the music business only to get shot down by the many intricate twists and turns involving all the legal aspects of running a record label. Mountains of forms and paperwork with no understanding slowly stack up on the producer's desk with no end in site. The situation is a cry for help and that help comes in the form of information, information obtained by reading this very interesting book that details all that is involved with law aspects of this kind.

A must-read.
This book is hella boring, but its definitely a necessity for anyone involved in music. It clears up a lot of questions, and a lot of things you might have never even thought about. Reading this book is a must if you want a grasp on legal concepts. I also suggest "101 Music Business Contracts" from Platinum Millenium.

Necessary book and usefull information!
this book isnt all its cracked up to be but has plenty of really good onformation and examples hide inside it. from how to negotiate a contract to many other laws and such this book covers mainly all of it. for a better less boring book that has plenty of examples in it i suggest the book by ty cohen "101 Music Business Contracts" you cant go wrong with that one! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business Aspects    2. Entertainment    3. Law and legislation    4. Legal status, laws, etc.    5. Music    6. Music trade    7. Music/Songbooks    8. Singers    9. Sound recording industry    10. Taxation    11. United States    12. Commercial law    13. Intellectual property, copyright & patents    14. Music industry    15. USA   

Subjects:  1. Intellectual Property - General    2. Law    3. Legal Reference / Law Profession    4. EU law: intellectual property, copyright & patents    5. Law / Patent, Trademark, Copyright   

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I think this book misses the IP boat
I am not a lawyer or even a law student, as Corynne McSherry was at the time of the writing of her book, but after seven years (eleven years if you count the adverse effects of this book) of battling against one of the country's most aggressive law firms - and winning - I feel I almost deserve an honorary law degree.I also feel more than qualified to critique this book, considering a large part of the book's thesis tries to invoke the lessons learned in my lawsuit - Pelletier vs. Agouron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Fascinating Explanation of University Culture and IP
I reviewed this book for the Journal of Technology Transfer.I thought it would be a simple explaination of legal cases and their implications on university IP.Though it had that at the beginning and end, the real meat of the book is the middle, which explains the university culture better than any book I have ever read.Without understanding that culture, it is hard to know the impact of the cases that McSherry cites.It is often a tough read, but well worth the effort to learn about the history of the copyright system, the role of the gift-economy and commercial ecomomy clash that commercialization issues force on universities as well as the particulars of cases that have the potential to dramatically change how the university functions based on the precedence of several key legal cases.Those whom I have recommended it to, have agreed with me that it is a very valuable book! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Copyright    2. Intellectual Property - General    3. Intellectual property    4. Law    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. Public domain (Copyright law)    7. Scholarly publishing    8. United States    9. Intellectual property, copyright & patents    10. Law / Intellectual Property    11. Organization & management of education    12. USA   

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Patent Medicine
Begining with unsupported assertions about the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and overblown conclusions about the consequences of changes in funding for the Patent and Trademark Office, the authors offer cures for diseases they do not understand.
Eloquent
This book presents a clear, concise and convincing argument that subtle changes in U.S. laws starting in 1982 have broken a patent system that was working reasonably well until then. It will be more effective at convincing the average person than most other attempts have been, both because of its style and because it shows that the changes which broke the system shouldn't have been expected to help anyone other than patent lawyers. Their analysis will be useful in helping to avoid the takeover of other agencies by special interests.
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Subjects:  1. Government & Business    2. Intellectual Property - Patent    3. Law    4. Legal Reference / Law Profession    5. Public Policy - Economic Policy    6. Business & Economics / Government & Business    7. Economics    8. Intellectual property, copyright & patents    9. Political Science and International Relations    10. Research & development management    11. USA   

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Composition (Music)    3. Copyright    4. General    5. History & Criticism - General    6. Intellectual Property - General    7. Intellectual property    8. Legal Reference / Law Profession    9. Music    10. United States    11. Intellectual property, copyright & patents    12. Western music: periods & styles   

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business/Economics    3. Intellectual Property - General    4. Legal Reference / Law Profession    5. Mergers & Acquisitions    6. Business & Economics / Nonprofit Organizations & Charities    7. Business & Management    8. Commercial law    9. Intellectual property, copyright & patents    10. Technology: General Issues   

Subjects:  1. Intellectual Property - General    2. Legal Reference / Law Profession    3. Intellectual property, copyright & patents   

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GIAN FIERO ON KOHN ON MUSIC LICENSING
Simply put: This is the bible of music licensing. It's not as cheap as the bible and you don't have a prayer of finding it much cheaper than the used versions that someone foolishly gives up on Amazon, but regardless of the price, it's worth every penny. If you want to truly understand the mechanics, logistics, and legalities of music licensing, learn it from the authority who was sorting out licensing issues concerning the Internet and digital distribution over 10 years ago - before it became a "hot" topic.

A valuable tool, and totally unknown to many who'd benefit
I discovered this book when I was researching an article "Who owns the rights? Copyright, the law and licensing the show," which was published in the Summer 1999 issue of the Educational Theatre Associationquarterly Teaching Theatre (Volume 10, Number 4) and which is now availableonline (though the reviewer guidelines do not allow me to post the URL, soanyone interested will have to email me at knscott@juno.com for it). Kohnon Music Licensing is a most valuable resource for anyone who either doesmusical theatre, or uses music in theatrical production, since it makesclear aspects of musical licensing that I am sure are as mysterious to manyothers as they were to me before reading this book. In my opinion, everytheatre educator or community theater producer/director should read bothChapter 18, "The Grand Rights Controversy", and Chapter 14,"Synchronization Licenses," before producing another musical (or excerptfrom one) or using any copyright-protected music "dramatically"(a term defined in the book) in the production of any play. AND the authorsmaintain a Website to which readers can bring any question still unclearafter reading the book.

The Bible of Music Copyrighting
This is the Bible of music copyrighting and licensing.With the coming of age of the Internet, transferring copywritten information online will become increasingly in the spot light and this book makes sense of it. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Copyright    2. Copyright licenses    3. Law    4. Legal Reference / Law Profession    5. Music    6. Patent, Trademark, Copyright    7. Reference    8. United States    9. Jurisprudence & General Issues   

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Understanding Copyrights
We are constantly bombarded at work and at home by statements pointing out we are now living in the electronic age and the information age. Several times a day we are reminded of this by notices that something is copyrighted or patented. Even at home, when you relax by inserting a video tape into your VCR, the first thing you may see is a stern warning that you may not copy this video tape and if you do, your home may be suddenly visited by FBI agents.
Packed With Knowledge!
Don't mistake this book for one of those dry, dusty, `just the facts, ma'am' reference volumes. Cheryl Besenjak's delightfully written, fascinating guide to copyright outshines many other books that merely list rules and regulations when they address aspects of the law. Besenjak brings the beauty of copyright to life, providing plenty of examples. She draws you into her subject with a chatty, yet authoritative voice. This second edition includes an up-to-date look at copyright protection and copyright infringement as it relates to the Internet and other rapidly changing technologies. We recommend this book to anyone who deals with written matter or intellectual property. Our work is copyrighted. Is yours?

Well-done
Besenjak's revised ed. is like the first--well-organized and concise.She takes a complex subject and makes it as clear and simple as possible with plenty of examples.She provides background history and explains the "whys" in everyday language.The book is current with the latest changes in the law, as well. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Copyright    2. General    3. Intellectual Property - Copyright    4. Law    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. Patent, Trademark, Copyright    7. Popular works    8. Practical Guides    9. United States    10. English law: copyright    11. Reference   

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. General    3. Intellectual Property - General    4. Law    5. Law Of Intellectual Property    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. Business & Management    8. Intellectual property, copyright & patents    9. Law / Intellectual Property   

Subjects:  1. Business / Economics / Finance    2. Business Law    3. Contemporary Economic Situations And Conditions    4. Economic aspects    5. Intellectual Property - General    6. Intellectual property    7. International - General    8. Law    9. Management    10. Patents    11. Technological innovations    12. Business & Management    13. Econometrics    14. Intellectual property, copyright & patents