Kategoria BISAC: Law >> Intellectual Property - Patent

The long-awaited European Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court will soon become a reality. Companies, research institutions, and individuals will be able to obtain not only a patent title with immediate effect in 25 EU Member States, but also a court decision on (for example) infringement or validity of a European or Unitary patent with effect in the participating Member States.

Everybody involved in European patenting will find enormously welcome guidance in this extraordinary book. Written by two outstanding intellectual property experts and#8211; one being a lawyer who had...

Alexander Graham Bell's invention of the telephone in 1876 stands as one of the great touchstones of American technological achievement. Bringing a new perspective to this history, Invented by Law examines the legal battles that raged over Bell's telephone patent, likely the most consequential patent right ever granted. To a surprising extent, Christopher Beauchamp shows, the telephone was as much a creation of American law as of scientific innovation.

Beauchamp reconstructs the world of nineteenth-century patent law, replete with inventors, capitalists, and charlatans, where...

Traditional financial reporting is ill-equipped to deal with intellectual property (IP) rights, a growing asset class which continue to be integral to the financial health of many companies in the innovation economy. The invisibility of corporate IP information is problematic and is compounded by underdeveloped narrative corporate reporting of valuable IP assets. There is a pressing need from a corporate governance standpoint to improve the level and quality of corporate IP strategy and asset reporting by all companies, large and small, public and private. This book examines the legal...

It is time for an intellectual property wake-up call Think intellectual property doesn't affect you or your business? Think again As technology changes, intellectual property is affecting more people than ever before. If you have a big idea, you need to know your rights and how to protect them.

What are trademarks, copyright, design rights, trade secrets and patents?

How do you prove that you were first with your ideas?

What can you do if someone copies your ideas?

How can you strategically build an intellectual property...