TY - BOOK AU - Rockman,Howard B. TI - Intellectual property law for engineers and scientists SN - 0471697397 AV - KF2980.Z9 R63 2003eb U1 - 346.73048 22 PY - 2003/// CY - New York, Chichester PB - Wiley KW - Intellectual property KW - United States KW - Trademarks KW - Copyright KW - legislation & jurisprudence KW - Patents as Topic KW - Propri�et�e intellectuelle KW - �Etats-Unis KW - Marques de commerce KW - trademarks KW - aat KW - LAW KW - Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Brevet d'invention KW - rasuqam KW - Droit KW - Inventeur KW - Biographie (Descripteur de forme) KW - Guide (Descripteur de forme) N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 475-493) and index; Overview of intellectual property law -- The use of intellectual property in business -- How to read and obtain information from a modern u.s. Patent -- Introduction to patents -- Patentable subject matter and utility -- Novelty : the invention must be new -- Requirement of non-obviousness for patentability -- The patenting process -- Novelty, infringement, and other searches -- Patent application -- Claims of a patent application -- Prosecution of a patent application -- Design patents -- Protection of computer-related inventions -- Patentability of biotechnology inventions -- Business method protection -- Foreign patent protection -- Enforcement of the patent right -- Ownership and transfer of patent rights -- Employment contracts and non-compete restrictions -- The engineer and scientist as expert witness; and ethics -- Copyrights as a vehicle for technology protection -- The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (DMCA) : an overview -- Mask work protection -- Trade secrets -- Trademarks -- Cybersquatting -- Current events; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010 N2 - An excellent text for clients to read before meeting with attorneys so they'll understand the fundamentals of patent, copyright, trade secret, trademark, mask work, and unfair competition laws. This is not a "do-it-yourself" manual but rather a re UR - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/0471697400 ER -