Intellectual Property Law for Engineers, Scientists, and Entrepreneurs

Fully revised new edition that completely covers intellectual property law--and many related issues--for engineers, scientists, and entrepreneurs

This book informs engineering and science students, technology professionals, and entrepreneurs about the intellectual property laws that are important in their careers. It covers all of the major areas of intellectual property development and protection in non-legalistic terms that are understandable to technology and science professionals. New material includes a comprehensive discussion on the American Invents Act (AIA), coverage of many new high-profile topics, such as patent protection the mobile communications industry, and a new chapter on "The Future of Technology, Engineering, and Intellectual Property."

Now in its second edition, Intellectual Property Law for Engineers, Scientists, and Entrepreneurs enables inventors and creators to efficiently interface with an intellectual property attorney in order to obtain the maximum protection for their invention or creation, and to take steps to ensure that that invention or creation does not infringe upon the intellectual property rights of others. It includes patent, trade secret, mask work, and cybersquatting legal and procedural principles. The book also shows readers how to properly use new vehicles of intellectual property protection for novel software, biotech, and business method inventions. Additionally, it examines trademark protection for domain names, and other ancillary matters that fall within the genre of intellectual property protection. This informative text:

• Covers all of the major areas of intellectual property development and protection in clear, layman's terms so as to be easily understood by technology and science professionals

• Provides detailed outlines of patent, trademark, copyright, and unfair competition laws

• Offers essays on famous and noteworthy inventors and their inventions--and features a copy of the first page of patents resulting from these inventors' efforts

• Covers many new high-profile cases covering patent protection within the mobile communications industry

Intellectual Property Law for Engineers, Scientists, and Entrepreneurs, Second Edition is an excellent text for graduate and undergraduate engineering students, as well as professionals and those starting a new technology business who need to know all the laws concerning their inventions and creations.

Auteur

HOWARD B. ROCKMAN is a registered U.S. patent attorney, intellectual property management consultant, author and lecturer. In addition to his intellectual property law practice, he is an adjunct professor at The John Marshall Law School in Chicago, IL, and at the Engineering Colleges of Northwestern University and the University of Illinois at Chicago. He counsels companies and individual innovators and creators on a variety of intellectual property matters. He has served as a patent examiner at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, as well as Assistant Attorney General at the U.S. Department of Justice. He has represented worldwide clients in litigation of patent, copyright, trademark and trade secret cases in federal and state courts. He is a member of the American Bar Association and the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE).

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Fully revised new edition that covers intellectual property lawand many related issuesfor engineers, scientists, and entrepreneurs This book informs engineering and science students, technology professionals, and entrepreneurs about the intellectual property laws that are important in their careers. It covers all of the major areas of intellectual property development and protection in non-legalistic terms that are understandable to technology and science professionals. New material includes a comprehensive discussion on the American Invents Act (AIA), coverage of many new high-profile topics, such as patent protection within the computer-related industries, and a new chapter on "The Future." Now in its second edition, Intellectual Property Law for Engineers, Scientists, and Entrepreneurs enables inventors and creators to efficiently interface with an intellectual property attorney in order to obtain the maximum protection for their invention or creation, and to take steps to ensure that that invention or creation does not infringe upon the intellectual property rights of others. It includes patent, trade secret, mask work, and cybersquatting legal and procedural principles. The book also shows readers how to properly use new vehicles of intellectual property protection for novel software, biotech, and business method inventions. Additionally, it examines trademark protection for domain names, and other ancillary matters that fall within the genre of intellectual property protection. This informative text:

• Provides detailed outlines of patent, trademark, copyright, and unfair competition laws
• Offers essays on famous and noteworthy inventors and their inventionsand features a copy of the first page of patents resulting from these inventors' efforts
• Covers many new high-profile cases covering patent protection within the mobile communications industry Intellectual Property Law for Engineers, Scientists, and Entrepreneurs, Second Edition is an excellent text for graduate and undergraduate engineering students, as well as professionals and those starting a new technology business who need to know all the laws concerning their inventions and creations.

Contenu
Foreword xxvii

Foreword to the First Edition xxix

Preface xxxi

Acknowledgments xxxv

Top Ten List of Intellectual Property Protection xxxvii

Section I The Intellectual Property Universe 1

Eli Whitney The Cotton Gin 3

Charles Babbage The Difference Engine 7

1 Overview of Intellectual Property Law 11

1.1 Defining Intellectual Property 11

1.2 Specific Intellectual Property Vehicles 12

1.2.1 Patents 12

1.2.2 Trademarks and Service Marks 13

1.2.3 Copyrights 14

1.2.4 Trade Secrets 15

1.2.5 Mask Works for Semiconductors 15

1.3 Which Form of Intellectual Property Protection to Use? 15

Frank J. Sprague The Electric Streetcar 17

Mary Anderson Windshield Wiper Blade 25

2 Brief Overview of the Law 29

2.1 Introduction 29

2.2 Development of the Law and Legal Principles 29

2.3 Divine Laws 30

2.4 The Four Types of Law 30

2.4.1 Constitutional Law 30

2.4.2 Statutory Law 31

2.4.3 Common Law 31

2.4.4 Business Custom 32

2.5 Civil Law Systems 32

2.6 Enforcement of Laws 33

2.7 Changes in the Law 33

2.8 Equity 33

2.9 U.S. Courts, State and Federal 35

2.10 The Federal Court System 36

2.10.1 The Supreme Court 36

2.10.2 Courts of Appeals 36

2.10.3 District Courts 37

2.11 State Courts 38

2.12 Jurisdiction 38

Section II Patents 41

Charles Goodyear Vulcanization of Rubber 43

John Boyd Dunlop Pneumatic Vehicle Tires 47

3 Introduction to Patents 51

3.1 Brief History of Patent Protection 51

3.1.1 Early European Patent Custom 51

3.1.2 The British Patent System 54

3.1.3 The U.S. Constitution and the Development of the Present U.S. Patent Examination System 55

3.2 Types of Patent Coverage 59

3.2.1 What is a Patent? 59

3.2.2 Article or Apparatus Patents 60

3.2.3 Method or Process Patents 60

3.2.4 Design Patents 61

3.2.5 Plant Patents 61

3.2.6 New Technologies 62

3.3 How to Determine What to Patent and What Not to Patent 62

3.3.1 Broadly, What Can and Cannot Be Patented Under the Law 62

3.3.2 From a Business Standpoint, What Should Be Patented 63

3.4 Broadly, What Data Goes into a Patent 64

3.4.1 Describing the Background and Essential Elements of the Invention 64

3.4.2 Claiming the Invention 65

3.5 What a Patent is Not 66

3.6 Inventions Relating to Atomic …