Patents, Copyrights & Trademarks For Dummies

Useful tips and step-by-step guidance from filing to issue to
license

Acquire and protect your share of this major business
asset

Want to secure and exploit the intellectual property rights due
you or your company? This easy-to-follow guide shows you how
-- helping you to evaluate your idea's commercial potential,
conduct patent and trademark searches, document the invention
process, license your IP rights, and comply with international
laws. Plus, you get detailed examples of each patent application
type!

Discover how to:

• Avoid application blunders

• Register trademarks and copyrights

• Meet patent requirements

• Navigate complex legal issues

• Protect your rights abroad

• The entire body of U.S. patent laws

• Example office actions and amendments

• Sample forms

• Trademark registration certificates

• Application worksheets

See the CD appendix for details and complete system
requirements.

Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are
not included as part of eBook file.

Auteur

Henri Charmasson is an attorney with a 35-year career in the field of intellectual property law.

John Buchaca is an intellectual property attorney and partner at Charmasson, Buchaca & Leach, LLP.

Résumé
Useful tips and step-by-step guidance from filing to issue to license Acquire and protect your share of this major business asset

Want to secure and exploit the intellectual property rights due you or your company? This easy-to-follow guide shows you how helping you to evaluate your idea's commercial potential, conduct patent and trademark searches, document the invention process, license your IP rights, and comply with international laws. Plus, you get detailed examples of each patent application type!

Discover how to:

• Avoid application blunders
• Register trademarks and copyrights
• Meet patent requirements
• Navigate complex legal issues

• Protect your rights abroad

• The entire body of U.S. patent laws

• Example office actions and amendments

• Sample forms

• Trademark registration certificates

• Application worksheets

See the CD appendix for details and complete system requirements.

Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

Contenu

Introduction 1

Part I: Corralling Your IP Assets: Intellectual Property Basics 7

Chapter 1: Marshalling Your IP Tools 9

Chapter 2: Fencing in the Herd 19

Chapter 3: Calling in the Cavalry and Picking Up the Tab 29

Chapter 4: Trade Secrets: Often-Overlooked IP Tools 41

Part II: Going for the Gold: Patenting Your Product 49

Chapter 5: Understanding Patents and How They Work 51

Chapter 6: Testing the Patent Water Before You Dive in 63

Chapter 7: Hoping It Ain't There: The Patent Search 75

Chapter 8: Preparing Your Patent Application 89

Chapter 9: Filing Your Patent Application 109

Chapter 10: Wrestling with the Patent Examiner 123

Chapter 11: Reeling in the Prize: Getting Your Patent Issued 151

Part III: Asserting Your Copyrights 167

Chapter 12: If It's Got Style, You've Got Copyrights 169

Chapter 13: Untangling Ownership Issues 187

Chapter 14: Giving Your Copyright Fangs 197

Part IV: Protecting Your Commercial Identity 217

Chapter 15: Flashing Your Badge 219

Chapter 16: Coining the Next Household Name 233

Chapter 17: Searching for Name Availability 245

Chapter 18: Establishing and Registering Your Commercial Identifier 259

Part V: Making Your IP Rights Work for You 283

Chapter 19: All Abroad: Protecting Your IP Rights in Other Countries 285

Chapter 20: Making 'Em Pay: Licensing Your IP Rights 303

Chapter 21: Catching Them Rustlers (Infringers) 317

Part VI: The Part of Tens 327

Chapter 22: Ten Most Common IP Misconceptions 329

Chapter 23: Ten Patent Application Pitfalls 333

Chapter 24: Ten Practical Copyright FAQs 337

Chapter 25: The Ten Worst Naming Blunders 341

Appendix: How to Use the CD-ROM 345

Index 351