Protecting your #1 asset : creating fortunes from your ideas : an intellectual property handbook by Lechter, Michael A instant download

Protecting your #1 asset : creating fortunes from your ideas : an intellectual property handbook by Lechter, Michael A instant download

xxix, 276 pages : 23 cm, Familiarise the reader with basics they need for protecting their company & critically important rights involving copyright, patents, trademarks, Horror Stories--Tales of the Unwary -- The Basic Categories of Intellectual Property -- Information, Data, and Know-How -- Inventions -- Industrial Designs -- Patents -- Utility Models (Petty Patents) -- Copyrights -- Mask Works -- Trademarks, Reputation, and Goodwill -- Character Trademarks and Sponsorship -- Trade Dress -- An Overview of the Basic Protection Mechanisms -- Putting It in Perspective -- Trade Secret Protection -- Scope of Protection -- Procedure for Maintaining a Trade Secret -- Exploiting Trade Secrets -- Special Considerations with Respect to Software Developments -- Mass Marketing of Software -- Utility Patent Protection -- Exclusive Right -- Patentable Subject Matter: Applicability to Software Inventions and Business Methods -- Abstract Ideas or Information -- Natural Phenomena; Things Unaltered from a Natural State -- Laws of Nature -- Requisites for Patentability -- Statutory Bars -- Prior Public Knowledge -- Premature Disclosure or Sale -- Patented -- Described in a Printed Publication -- Public Use -- On Sale -- Strict Novelty in Most Foreign Countries -- Abandonment -- Corresponding Foreign Patent Applications -- Actual Inventor -- First to Make the Invention -- Obviousness -- Personal Prior Inventor Defense with Respect to Business Method Patents -- The Patent Application -- Continuation Applications -- Divisional Applications -- Continuation-in-Part Applications -- Provisional Applications -- Contents of an Application -- Title of the Invention -- Cross-References to Related Applications -- Background of the Invention -- Summary of the Invention -- Brief Description of the Drawing -- Detailed Description of the Preferred Embodiment -- The Claims -- Abstract of the Disclosure -- The Declaration and Power of Attorney -- Information Disclosure Statement -- Filing the…