This unique book about intellectual property (IP) is aimed not only at law students studying the subject, but at interested users of IP, including business people, inventors, scientists, designers, and others. The book not only provides an outline of the basic legal principles of IP, but also shows how the system actually works. One cannot understand chess by merely learning the rules, one must know how the game is played - so, also, with IP. To achieve its objective, the book deliberately avoids technicalities and keeps things simple, yet direct. There are no footnotes to distract. Cases are...