Category: Business & Commercial, Intellectual Property |
According to the ABA Journal, the number of intellectual property cases heard by the United States Supreme Court is rising, even though the total number of cases heard by the Court is decreasing.
Help your clients protect their intellectual property assets with this essential handbook that covers copyrights, patents, trademarks, and trade secrets. Chapter topics include business method patents, cybercrimes, jurisdiction in the information age, enforcement and defenses in trademark law, copyright infringement, misappropriation of trade secrets, and software and online licensing.
This 2013 edition includes discussions on the recent updates to the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA), a new chapter on software licensing, and an updated patent terms glossary. The handbook includes over 30 sample forms, checklists, and language provisions, including brand-new examples of a prosecution bar provision and source code terms, as well as an updated hybrid browse-wrap and click-wrap agreement for a streaming multimedia service provider.
R. Mark Halligan, Nixon Peabody LLP, Chicago, General Editor
Chapter 1 – Patenting Inventions
Marc V. Richards, Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione, Chicago
Chapter 2 – Enforcing and Defending Against Patent Rights Through Litigation
Jeffrey Marx, Rakoczy Molino Mazzochi Siwik LLP, and Laura Beth Miller, Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione, Chicago
Chapter 3 – Patent Antitrust, Misuse, and Inequitable Conduct
Glen P. Belvis, Foro Energy, Inc., Littleton, CO
Chapter 4 – The Attorney-Client Privilege and the Work-Product Immunity Doctrine
Glen P. Belvis, Foro Energy, Inc., Littleton, CO
Chapter 5 – Ownership and Management of Patent Rights
William H. Frankel, Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione,Chicago
Chapter 6 – Creation and Maintenance of Trademark Rights
Bradley L. Cohn, Pattishall, McAuliffe, Newbury, Hilliard & Geraldson LLP, Chicago
Chapter 7 – Transfer or Loss of Trademark Rights
Bradley L. Cohn, Pattishall, McAuliffe, Newbury, Hilliard & Geraldson LLP, Chicago
Chapter 8 – Enforcement, Remedies, and Defenses in Trademark and Unfair Competition Law
Bradley L. Cohn, Pattishall, McAuliffe, Newbury, Hilliard & Geraldson LLP, Chicago
Chapter 9 – Copyright Subject Matter and Exclusive Rights
William T. McGrath, Davis McGrath LLC, Chicago
Chapter 10 – Ownership and Transfer of Copyrights
Richard C. Balough, Balough Law Offices, LLC, Chicago
Chapter 11 – Copyright Infringement, Fair Use, and Remedies
William T. McGrath, Davis McGrath LLC, Chicago
Chapter 12 – The Identification and Protection of Trade Secrets
R. Mark Halligan, Nixon Peabody LLP, Chicago
Chapter 13 – Misappropriation of Trade Secrets
Steven E. Feldman and Sherry L. Rollo, Husch Blackwell LLP, Chicago
Chapter 14 – Trade Secret Remedies and the Inevitable Disclosure Doctrine
Linda K. Stevens, Schiff Hardin LLP, Chicago
Chapter 15 – Restrictive Covenants and Post-Employment Restraints
Michael R. Levinson and Daniel F. Lanciloti, Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Chicago
Chapter 16 – Jurisdiction in the Information Age
André C. Frieden, Wolters Kluwer, Riverwoods
Chapter 17 – Licensing Online
D. James Nahikian, Nahikian Global Intellectual Property & Technology Law Group, Chicago
Chapter 18 – Business Method Patents
Timothy W. Lohse and Blake W. Jackson, DLA Piper LLP (US), East Palo Alto, CA
Chapter 19 – Software Licensing
John L. Hines Jr., Clark Hill PLC, Chicago
Chapter 20 – Cybercrime, Digital Evidence, and Your IP Practice
Keith G. Chval, Protek International, Inc., Clarendon Hills
Chapter 21 – Protecting Intellectual Property in the Global Marketplace
R. Mark Halligan and Deanna R. Swits, Nixon Peabody LLP, Chicago
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