The librarian's guide to intellectual property in the digital age :
[Book]
copyrights, patents, and trademarks /
Timothy Lee Wherry.
Chicago :
American Library Association,
2002.
1 online resource (viii, 170 pages) :
illustrations
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 158-162) and index.
Introduction to intellectual property: copyrights, patents, and trademarks -- Copyright -- Fair use -- Napster, CONFU, and the DMCA -- Intellectual property and the courts -- Patents -- Misconceptions about patents -- Patent searching: locating the field of search -- Patent searching: determining the prior act -- Trademarks -- Questions and answers about intellectual property -- Appendixes: Patent and trademark depository libraries program -- Intellectual property websites.
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This volume is a guide to intellectual property. Under intellectual property law, owners are granted certain exclusive rights to a variety of intangible assets, such as musical, literary, and artistic works; discoveries and inventions; and words, phrases, symbols, and designs. This work includes an introduction to the basics of copyrights, patents, and trademarks and written especially to serve the needs and questions of librarians. The issue of what constitutes fair use, modern-day disputes over file swapping services such as Napster, common misconceptions about patent, among many other topics, is presented in easy-to-understand terms.
Librarian's guide to intellectual property in the digital age.
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Intellectual property in the digital age :
copyrights, patents, and trademarks
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