Download or read book The Pocket Legal Companion to Trademark written by Lee Wilson and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Pocket Legal Companion to Trademark written by Lee Wilson and published by Skyhorse Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2012-08 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides information on using trademarks and shares the problems associated with selecting trademarks that do not infringe established marks, what happens if trademarks are selected carelessly, and what to do in the case of trademark infringement.
Download or read book The Pocket Legal Companion to Copyright written by Lee Wilson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In our age of unlimited, around-the-clock communication, copyright literacy has become a must for almost all of us, and everyone—informed or not—seems to have strong opinions about the rights of copyright owners and the rights of copyright users. This clearly written and objective book will reward readers with a more concrete understanding of our whole copyright system. Intellectual property lawyer Lee Wilson, author of six books on intellectual property law, explains how creators can preserve their copyrights, how users of copyrights can do what they want without obstructing the law, and how both can profit from copyrights overall. This indispensable, friendly manual includes guidelines for negotiating copyrights as well as form agreements, and is a must-have for anyone who wants to protect and profit from their own copyrights and use the copyrights of others—legally.
Download or read book The Pocket Legal Companion to Copyright written by Lee Wilson and published by Skyhorse Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2012-08 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains the copyright system, including guidelines for negotiating, protecting, and using copyrights legally.
Download or read book The Pocket Legal Companion to Patents written by Carl W. Battle and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-10-08 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many great ideas fail because the inventors do not take the appropriate steps to protect, promote, and profit from their ideas. This friendly guide will walk you through everything that needs to be done before you can expect to realize financial gain from your invention. Experienced patent attorney Carl W. Battle provides methods for commercializing your invention, sources of information and assistance, and helpful guidelines for obtaining a US patent on your idea. Specific topics include: Using patent attorneys and agents Dealing with invention brokers and promotion firms Maintaining confidentiality of your ideas Obtaining foreign patent rights Enforcing your patent against infringement Licensing opportunities And much more This invaluable handbook also offers information that can assist in the selection of an attorney or patent agent, and will help you to get involved and monitor the patent and marketing process. Finally, easy-to-use forms and step-by-step instructions give you the option of saving money by handling the patenting and commercializing processes without hiring a patent attorney or invention broker. If you have an idea for an invention that could improve productivity, create jobs, or solve some long-standing problem, then pick up this Pocket Legal Companion™ and learn how to maximize your profits.
Download or read book The Pocket Idiot s Guide to Trademarks written by Robert J. Frohwein and published by Alpha Books. This book was released on 2004 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Easy-to-follow advice from two top-notch attorneys. Any creator of visual symbols, images, slogans, or other insignia connected to a product needs to know how to protect his or her creation. The Pocket Idiot’s Guide to Trademarks offers the necessary information to do just that. Using easy-to-understand, concise language, this pocket guide simplifies the fast- paced, high profile, and complicated legal world of trademarks. Written by experts in the field, it explains everything from the origin and theory of trademarks to the different categories, laws, and ways to create trademarks. • Written in clear, layman’s language • Features a complete Internet and government resource guide • Presents helpful examples of government filing documents • Expert attorney authors
Download or read book Legal Guide to Social Media written by Kimberly A. Houser and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-11-13 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How should you respond to a request to remove copyrighted materials from a Facebook page? If you create a Twitter handle at work, who owns that handle when you change jobs? Can you be sued for libel if your posts are defamatory? If you’ve ever asked yourself these kinds of questions, this pioneering legal handbook is for you. Despite the enormous growth in social media, scant legal advice is available to help the many people who are posting online. Easy-to-understand, comprehensive, and current, Legal Guide to Social Media provides the latest information on case law and statutes. It covers everything from privacy laws to copyright issues to how to respond to employers’ requests for your social media passwords. This plain English legal companion offers examples of and solutions to the kinds of situations you can expect to encounter when posting online content, whether for personal enjoyment or on behalf of an employer. You’ll learn how to avoid liability for defamation and third-party posts, the legalities of copying and linking to content, how to protect your own content, and much, much more. Whether you’re a marketer, entrepreneur, business owner, new media manager, or simply one of the millions of social media users in the United States, this must-have guide will help you to understand and mitigate the most common legal risks inherent in social media use.
Download or read book The Pocket Small Business Owner s Guide to Taxes written by Brian Germer and published by Skyhorse Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2012-10-09 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tax guide for small business owners discusses when depreciation begins, how to classify payments to employees, how to track inventory and sales, strategies for successful accounting, tax benefits for employers, business classifications, S corporation tax issues, deductible expenses, retirement plans, shareholder loans, family employee payroll and much more.
Download or read book The Complete Guide to Patents Copyrights and Trademarks written by Matthew L. Cole and published by Atlantic Publishing Company. This book was released on 2008 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hundreds of thousands of people apply for patents, copyrights, and trademarks in the United States every year. For example, the United States Patent and Trademark office recently reported that 452,633 patent applications were filed in one year. You can easily become one of these people if you have created the greatest American invention, if you are the next Stephen King and have written a book to prove it, or if you have designed an eye-catching logo for your company. The Complete Guide to Patents, Copyrights, and Trademarks will provide you with all the information you need to know about acquiring, registering, maintaining, and protecting your intellectual property. A patent is a grant of property rights to the inventor and essentially excludes others from making, using, and selling your invention, whereas a trademark is a word, symbol, or device used to indicate the source of goods and to distinguish your goods from those of others. A copyright, on the other hand, protects original works and the form of the expression rather than the subject matter. This new, exhaustively researched book will help you decide which of the three you need to apply for, as well as which things can be patented, trademarked, and copyrighted and which cannot. In this book, you will learn how to file an application, how to register, how to avoid infringement, and how to avoid common problems. Additionally, you will become knowledgeable about where to fi≤ the fees involved; laws and regulations associated with the process; the differences between copyrights, trademarks, and patents; the differences between utility, design, and plant patents; who may apply; attorneys and agents; and the forms you need to fill out. Whether you are applying for a patent, copyright, or trademark, this book will provide you with all the necessary information necessary to do so. The Complete Guide to Patents, Copyrights, and Trademarks is the only book you need to read if you want to protect your intellectual property. Atlantic Publishing is a small, independent publishing company based in Ocala, Florida. Founded over twenty years ago in the company presidentâe(tm)s garage, Atlantic Publishing has grown to become a renowned resource for non-fiction books. Today, over 450 titles are in print covering subjects such as small business, healthy living, management, finance, careers, and real estate. Atlantic Publishing prides itself on producing award winning, high-quality manuals that give readers up-to-date, pertinent information, real-world examples, and case studies with expert advice. Every book has resources, contact information, and web sites of the products or companies discussed.
Download or read book The Business of Trademarks written by Carol Chadirjian and published by Universal-Publishers. This book was released on 2018-03-15 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We come in contact with many trademarks each day on television, retail stores, Internet. The Business of Trademarks explains why trademarks are so important to businesses and how they identify the manufacturer and guarantee consistent quality to achieve brand loyalty. The Business of Trademarks is intended as a practical guide for those new to trademarks, including attorneys, paralegals and law students requiring a concise, comprehensive book on trademark prosecution to gain the skills and knowledge necessary to perform day-to-day trademark work diligently, confidently and with efficiency. Specific topics covered are: * Trademark searching for clearance * Forms to be filed with the Patent and Trademark Office * Famous trademarks and trade dress * Responding to office actions * Methods of enforcing trademarks * Trademarks in commercial transactions Business of Trademarks is unique from other publications because it explains trademark management from a hands-on approach, including administrative duties which few attorneys handle themselves.
Download or read book Internet Book Piracy written by Gini Graham Scott and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-03-22 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The international battle against Internet pirates has been heating up. Increasingly law enforcement is paying attention to book piracy as ebook publishing gains an ever-larger market share. With this threat to their health and even survival, publishers and authors must act much like the music, film, and software giants that have waged war against pirates for the past two decades. Now, The Battle against Internet Piracy opens a discussion on what happens to the victims of piracy. Drawing from a large number of interviews—from writers, self-publishers, mainstream publishers, researchers, students, admitted pirates, free speech advocates, attorneys, and local and international law enforcement officials—the text speaks to such issues as: •Why pirates have acted and how they feel about it •The conflict over constitutional rights and piracy •The current laws surrounding Internet piracy •Examples of cases taken against some pirates •Alternatives to piracy •Personal experiences of being ripped off •The ways piracy affects different industries and how they’ve responded Author Gini Graham Scott prepares readers to arm themselves against these modern perils by learning about copyright, infringement, and how to prevent, combat, and end book piracy. Allworth Press, an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing, publishes a broad range of books on the visual and performing arts, with emphasis on the business of art. Our titles cover subjects such as graphic design, theater, branding, fine art, photography, interior design, writing, acting, film, how to start careers, business and legal forms, business practices, and more. While we don't aspire to publish a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are deeply committed to quality books that help creative professionals succeed and thrive. We often publish in areas overlooked by other publishers and welcome the author whose expertise can help our audience of readers.
Download or read book Infectious written by Achim Nowak and published by Skyhorse Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2013-01-02 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A performance coach to senior executives at Fortune 500 companies explains how to change the art of modern conversation in order to deepen interpersonal connections through focusing on four levels of energy.
Download or read book Trademark Law written by Siegrun D. Kane and published by Practising Law Institute. This book was released on 2002 with total page 897 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This all-new Fourth Edition of the benchmark one-volume guide to trademark law is marked by extensive new coverage, including vital analysis of: New trade dress case law interpreting the doctrine of utilitarian functionality in the wake of the Supreme Courts TrafFix decision. New issues before the Supreme Court regarding dilution protection under the Federal Trademark Dilution Act New Internet cases on jurisdiction and the effect of UDRP arbitration decisions on federal litigation. New case law under the recently revised Federal Rules of Evidence. Plus updated material on gray market goods and attorney/client and work product privileges, new tips on reaching settlement agreements, and the latest changes to the T.M.E.P. Filled with dozens of forms, documents, checklists, and color exhibits, Trademark Law provides you with all the field-tested, step-by-step guidance you need to select, search, use, reinforce, renew, defend, and expand trademarks. Comprehensive enough to serve new and experienced practitioners on both sides of trademark disputes.
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Download or read book Kane on Trademark Law written by Siegrun D. Kane and published by . This book was released on 2013-11-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kane on Trademark Law shows you how to select and develop trademarks that won't trigger costly legal disputes; use and maintain trademarks in ways that will protect them over the long term; and license and expand trademark rights to maximize the full value of trademarks. The book also helps you to protect trademarks in court, by showing you how to prove various types of infringement and other legitimate threats. At the same time, this versatile resource highlights a variety of proven legal defenses against claims made by plaintiffs at trial. Included are step-by-step checklists, laborsaving sample forms, and full-color examples of effective trademarks.
Download or read book Guide to Registering Trademarks written by Steven H. Bazerman and published by Wolters Kluwer. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 2153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Minimize research time and prepare federal trademark registrations in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office with more than 200 practice-tested ready-to-use forms available in both hard copy and electronically. Step-by-step instructions guide you through client forms, searches and other pre-filing activities, applications for registration, responses to office actions, renewals and more. By Steven H. Bazerman, Jason M. Drangel You can minimize your research time and prepare trademark forms with confidence when you use the Guide to Registering Trademarks as your on-the-spot guide. This carefully constructed loose-leaf offers more than 200 practice-tested ready-to-use forms available in both hard copy and on CD-ROM. Step-by-step instructions guide you through the process, addressing both basic and unusual situations you may encounter along the way. The forms are organized by category: Client forms Searches and other pre-filing activities Applications for Registration Responses to office actions Section 8 and 15 affidavits Renewals and interparty proceedings. The Guide to Registering Trademarks answers questions running from which form to use in recording an assignment to how to start a concurrent use proceeding. Keep it close at hand to make your trademark application process as painless as possible.
Download or read book The Trademark Guide written by Lee Wilson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-06-05 with total page 999 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A highly accessible text." —Lawyers Weekly A User-Friendly Handbook on Understanding Trademarks Trademarks are a crucial part of the American economy. In plain language with scores of real-life examples, this new edition of The Trademark Guide draws on Wilson's experience and addresses issues important to both would-be trademark owners and those who already own trademarks, including: How to choose a trademark without risking a lawsuit How trademark rights are gained and perfected How to use a trademark properly What constitutes trademark infringement What to do if your trademark is infringed How trademark law applies to new media And much more Completely updated to reflect recent court decisions and changes in the law, this edition features an Internet trademark resources list and expanded information on trademarks in the digital world. Packed with examples, FAQs, and a glossary, The Trademark Guide, Third Edition, will become the go-to for anyone with questions about the complexities of trademark law.
