Protecting Your Business Intellectual Property

Author : Deborah E. BOUCHOUX
Publisher : AMACOM
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2006-02-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780814426111

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Protecting Your Company's Intellectual Property by Deborah E. BOUCHOUX Pdf

A company’s most valuable assets may not be physical. This book shows how to protect them without fences or security guards!You can’t touch it or feel it. Sometimes you can’t even see it. Yet, intellectual property continues to soar in value, comprising an increasingly greater portion of a typical company’s assets. In the age of instant global communication, understanding what intellectual property is, how to protect it, and how to enhance its value are prerequisites for corporate survival.Enter attorney Deborah E. Bouchoux and her informative book, Protecting Your Company’s Intellectual Property. Packed with fascinating and illuminating examples, this book is a succinct, yet comprehensive discussion of the four key areas of intellectual property: trademarks,copyrights, patents, and trade secrets. In addition to defining these areas (for instance, did you know that customer lists and marketing plans are protectable trade secrets?), the book offers practical tools for protecting intellectual property, including:Trademark and copyright application formsSample employment agreementsAn Internet usage policyTips on preventing unauthorized dissemination of information via the WebA guide for conducting an IP auditAnd much, much more.

Author : World Intellectual Property Organization
Publisher : WIPO
Page : 4 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Law
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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WIPO International Patent Drafting Training Program by World Intellectual Property Organization Pdf

A comprehensive training program that improves the knowledge and skills required for successful patent applications.

Author : Paul Brennan
Publisher : Apek Publishing
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780975838273

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Easy IP by Paul Brennan Pdf

Everybody wants to think of a great idea that will make them rich. A good indication that you have a great idea is that someone copies it, but by then it can be too late. This is too bad as a lot of the knowhow to protect your ideas is free but buried in a mass of detail and exceptions which most people put in the "too hard" basket. Some IP protection you must pay for, such as trademarks but it is well worth it, provided it is done properly

Author : Lanning G. Bryer,Scott J. Lebson,Matthew D. Asbell
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2016-03-17
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781118095980

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Intellectual Property Strategies for the 21st Century Corporation by Lanning G. Bryer,Scott J. Lebson,Matthew D. Asbell Pdf

A practical approach to the modern management of intellectual property The world has changed significantly in the past decade, resulting in new behavior and practice related to the ownership and management of intellectual property. This book helps executives, attorneys, accountants, managers, owners, and others understand the legal, technological, economic, and cultural changes that have affected IP ownership and management. It provides case studies, practical examples and advice from seasoned and enduring professionals who have adopted new and streamlined methods and practices whether as in-house or outside counsel, or service providers. Provides a practical yet global approach to corporate IP management Serves as a resource for in-house and outside counsel, executives, managers, accountants, consultants and others at mid-size and large corporations Helps professionals navigate the numerous new challenges that have changed the ways in which intellectual property is obtained and managed Details the latest trends in valuation, exploitation, and protection of intellectual property Extensive coverage of the legal, financial, accounting and general business aspects of intellectual property The combined expertise of lawyers, accountants, economists and other business professionals Timely and relevant in view of the global economic recession amidst rampant technological development, this book offers new solutions, practices, policies and strategies as a result of changes in economies and markets, laws, globalization, environment, and public perception.

Author : Canada. Competition Bureau
Publisher : Canadian Government Publishing
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Intellectual property
ISBN : 066265224X

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Intellectual Property Enforcement Guidelines by Canada. Competition Bureau Pdf

Author : Bruce R. Barringer
Publisher : Pearson Education
Page : 31 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2010-08-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780132378901

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Protecting Your Business' Intellectual Property by Bruce R. Barringer Pdf

This is the eBook version of the printed book. This Element is an excerpt from The Truth About Starting a Business (9780137144501), by Bruce R. Barringer. Available in print and digital formats. Failing to protect your intellectual property can destroy your business. Learn how to keep it from happening to you. Imagine you’ve started a business to produce a new type of smoke alarm specifically for kitchens. It’s similar to other smoke alarms but is more capable of detecting a kitchen fire than any alarm on the market. You’ve named it “Kitchen Sentry.” Your tagline is “We Protect Cooks and Kitchens.” You just acquired the Internet domain name www.kitchensentryfirmalarm.com. Fortunately, while you were developing your product, you....

Author : Peggy E Chaudhry,Alan Zimmerman
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781461455684

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Protecting Your Intellectual Property Rights by Peggy E Chaudhry,Alan Zimmerman Pdf

Counterfeit products represent a growing problem for a wide range of industries. There are many estimates of the size of this problem most of which coalesce around $500-billion annually on a global basis. Overall, a wide range of industries agree that there is a severe problem with the global protection of intellectual property rights (IPR), yet, there have been virtually no attempts to describe all aspects of the problem. This book aims at giving the most complete description of various characteristics of the intellectual property rights (IPR) environment in a global context. The authors believe a holistic understanding of the problem must include consumer complicity to purchase counterfeit, actions of the counterfeiters (pirates) as well as actions (or inaction) by home and host governments, and the role of international organizations and industry alliances. Only after establishing how all the actors in the IPR environment relate to one another can we describe global protection of the intellectual property rights environment and the managerial response of IPR owners and/or industry associations to combat this ongoing problem. The book concludes with pragmatic recommendations for protecting intellectual property given the recent trends discussed in the previous chapters, making it of interest to practitioners and policy-makers alike.

Author : John Palfrey
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2011-10-07
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780262297998

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Intellectual Property Strategy by John Palfrey Pdf

How a flexible and creative approach to intellectual property can help an organization accomplish goals ranging from building market share to expanding an industry. Most managers leave intellectual property issues to the legal department, unaware that an organization's intellectual property can help accomplish a range of management goals, from accessing new markets to improving existing products to generating new revenue streams. In this book, intellectual property expert and Harvard Law School professor John Palfrey offers a short briefing on intellectual property strategy for corporate managers and nonprofit administrators. Palfrey argues for strategies that go beyond the traditional highly restrictive “sword and shield” approach, suggesting that flexibility and creativity are essential to a profitable long-term intellectual property strategy—especially in an era of changing attitudes about media. Intellectual property, writes Palfrey, should be considered a key strategic asset class. Almost every organization has an intellectual property portfolio of some value and therefore the need for an intellectual property strategy. A brand, for example, is an important form of intellectual property, as is any information managed and produced by an organization. Palfrey identifies the essential areas of intellectual property—patent, copyright, trademark, and trade secret—and describes strategic approaches to each in a variety of organizational contexts, based on four basic steps. The most innovative organizations employ multiple intellectual property approaches, depending on the situation, asking hard, context-specific questions. By doing so, they achieve both short- and long-term benefits while positioning themselves for success in the global information economy.

Author : Bruce R. Barringer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Entrepreneurship
ISBN : 0132378892

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Protecting Your Business' Intellectual Property by Bruce R. Barringer Pdf

Author : Miss Jane Lambert
Publisher : Gower Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2012-09-28
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781409458449

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Enforcing Intellectual Property Rights by Miss Jane Lambert Pdf

What do you do if … you need to seek a court order against a former employee who has set up in competition with you, having first helped themselves to your customer database? … Or if you are deluged with complainants who have bought products they thought were yours, but turn out to have been made from inferior materials and without your knowledge or consent? … Or if you receive a solicitor's letter complaining that a product you are about to launch infringes their client's trade mark or registered design? Jane Lambert's concise and practical guide gives you the knowledge that you need to make crucial decisions to protect your intellectual assets before it is too late. It should be kept close at hand for use in emergencies, just like a first aid manual. Its purpose is to alert you to problems so that you can take the right steps to manage them, in consultation with your professional advisors, before they develop into crises. And, if the worst does happen and you need to go to law, the guide provides you with the information you need to understand the process, the risks and how to prepare effectively. If you are planning an enforcement strategy, looking for the optimum patent or registered trade mark or design protection and to secure the appropriate insurance to make sure you have a fund available to enforce these, then this book is for you. If you're already in hot water, someone with an intellectual property problem who needs to make fast decisions in very little time, then this book is for you too. It could help you avoid the most expensive mistake of your life.

Author : Van Lindberg
Publisher : "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2008-07-15
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781449391102

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Intellectual Property and Open Source by Van Lindberg Pdf

"Clear, correct, and deep, this is a welcome addition to discussions of law and computing for anyone -- even lawyers!"-- Lawrence Lessig, Professor of Law at Stanford Law School and founder of the Stanford Center for Internet and Society If you work in information technology, intellectual property is central to your job -- but dealing with the complexities of the legal system can be mind-boggling. This book is for anyone who wants to understand how the legal system deals with intellectual property rights for code and other content. You'll get a clear look at intellectual property issues from a developer's point of view, including practical advice about situations you're likely to encounter. Written by an intellectual property attorney who is also a programmer, Intellectual Property and Open Source helps you understand patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, and licenses, with special focus on the issues surrounding open source development and the GPL. This book answers questions such as: How do open source and intellectual property work together? What are the most important intellectual property-related issues when starting a business or open source project? How should you handle copyright, licensing and other issues when accepting a patch from another developer? How can you pursue your own ideas while working for someone else? What parts of a patent should be reviewed to see if it applies to your work? When is your idea a trade secret? How can you reverse engineer a product without getting into trouble? What should you think about when choosing an open source license for your project? Most legal sources are too scattered, too arcane, and too hard to read. Intellectual Property and Open Source is a friendly, easy-to-follow overview of the law that programmers, system administrators, graphic designers, and many others will find essential.

Author : The Economist,Stephen Johnson
Publisher : PublicAffairs
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781610394628

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Guide to Intellectual Property by The Economist,Stephen Johnson Pdf

Intellectual Property (IP) is often a company’s single most valuable asset. And yet IP is hard to value, widely misunderstood and frequently under-exploited. IP accounts for an estimated $5trn of GDP in the US alone. It covers patents, trademarks, domain names, copyrights, designs and trade secrets. Unsurprisingly, companies zealously guard their own ideas and challenge the IP of others. Damages arising from infringements have fostered a sizeable claims industry. But IP law is complex, and the business, financial and legal issues around it are difficult to navigate. Court decisions and interpretation of IP laws can be unpredictable, and can dramatically change the fortunes of businesses that rely on their IP – as demonstrated in the pharmaceutical industry’s battle with generic drugs. This comprehensive guide to intellectual property will help companies, investors, and creative thinkers understand the scope and nature of IP issues, pose the right questions to their advisers and maximize the value from this crucial intangible asset.

Author : Canada. Industry Canada,Canadian Intellectual Property Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Copyright
ISBN : MINN:31951D01158918N

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A Guide to Copyrights by Canada. Industry Canada,Canadian Intellectual Property Office Pdf

Author : Ryan W. O’Donnell,John J. O’Malley,Randolph J. Huis,Gerald B. Halt
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2008-12-16
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780387773896

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Intellectual Property in the Food Technology Industry by Ryan W. O’Donnell,John J. O’Malley,Randolph J. Huis,Gerald B. Halt Pdf

Considering the effort and funding devoted to a company's success, understanding Intellectual Property rights patents, trade secrets, trademarks, and licensing is essential. Establishing appropriate internal policies from the outset can prevent companies from learning a costly and painful lesson in the courtroom. With Intellectual Property in the Food Technology Industry, currently the only book of its kind focusing specifically on the food industry, one will learn what to consider throughout the various creative phases of a product's lifespan from initial research and development initiatives through post-production. Readers will have an understanding of the intellectual property protections afforded to U.S. corporations, methods to pro-actively reduce potential problems, and guidelines for future considerations to reduce legal spending, prevent IP theft, and allow for greater profitability from corporate innovation and inventiveness.

Author : Gilbert Guide
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2004-08-03
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781440627767

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Entrepreneur's Guide To Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks, Trade Secrets by Gilbert Guide Pdf

Today, virtually all companies, artists, and innovators run the risk of losing their competititve edge-and big money-by not adequately safeguarding their intellectual property. Written by an expert in intellectual property law, this is the first book to address the full range of legal protections available-patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, and licensing-with innovative information you won't find elsewhere, including: € Legal landmines every successful entrepreneur must avoid € Business practices that can be protected-but are often overlooked € Protecting your intellectual property on the Internet € What are your ideas and the rights to them really worth? € Why trade secrets are a powerful and under-utilized protection € Lessons learned from Amazon.com, Microsoft, and other elite entrepreneurs € How even smart, savvy AOL lost exclusive trademarks, including "YOU'VE GOT MAIL!" The Entrepreneur's Guide to Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks, Trade Secrets and Licensing is the definitive guide for the entrepreneur and innovator who is ready to protect what he or she has created-a