International law has made the traditional processes of understanding and using law related to patents and trademarks more difficult to interpret. Updated to include expanded coverage of computerware and biotechnology, this text walks the reader through the patent, trademark and intellectual property maze.

This book is designed to simplify the process of attaching a dollar amount to intangible assets, be it for licensing, mergers and acquisitions, loan collateral, or investment purposes. It provides practical tools for evaluating the investment aspects of licensing and joint venture decisions, and discusses the legal, tax, and accounting practices and procedures related to such arrangements; examines the business economics of strategies involving intellectual property licensing and joint ventures; and provides analytical models that can be used to determine reasonable royalty rates for licensing and for determining fair equity splits in joint venture arrangements.

How does IP balance the exclusive rights of innovators with public demand for access to their innovations? How can organizations manage IP strategically to meet their goals? How do IP strategies play out on the global stage? Driving Innovation reveals the dynamics of intellectual property (IP) as it drives the innovation cycle and shapes global society. The book presents fundamental IP concepts and practical legal and business strategies that apply to all innovation communities, including industry, non-profit institutions, and developing countries. Further, it draws on the author's broad experience, news headlines, and precedent-setting lawsuits relating to patents, trademarks, copyright, and trade secrets - from biotechnology to the open source movement. General readers and students will welcome the lively overview of this complex topic, while executives and practitioners can gain new insights and valuable approaches for putting ideas to work and navigating within or changing the global IP system to expand innovation.

Examining the intersection between the statutory and regulatory scheme governing approval of generic pharmaceuticals and U.S. patent law in the context of Paragraph IV ANDA litigation, this comprehensive guide focuses on current and developing law as well as litigation strategies and tactics. This ready roadmap begins with an explanation of the Hatch-Waxman Act, its implementation, and litigation. Other topics include preparing and trying the case, post-trial issues and appeals, remedies, settlement, antitrust implications, and litigation of pharmaceuticals outside the U.S.

IT TAKES A THIEF TO CATCH A THIEF. A REFRESHING RELIEF FROM BLAND LEGAL TEXTS This is the plain truth of how patents, trademarks, and copyrights really work. It is entertaining to read, straightforward to understand, and uncomplicated to apply. With a sly wink, award winning author and former techno-pirate, "Diamond Dave" Winters exposes both practical applications and foolishness of present intellectual property rules. Then, through real life examples, he demonstrates how to employ them to evade or defeat thieves and brigands without resorting to expensive courtrooms. He even includes a thorough chapter on criminal copyright and trademark offenses. Every inventor, entrepreneur, author, composer, artist, performer, or lawyer should keep a copy within easy reach. CAUTION: KEEP THIS BOOK AWAY FROM PIRATES!

This comprehensive book is the first of its kind to take scientists and engineers beyond simply getting a patent granted. Through the author's extensive technical background and experience in intellectual property licensing, it ties the many technical, legal and business aspects of patent enforcement to the innovation and patenting stage in the patent value chain, with the objective of helping inventors to create valuable patents that can be capitalized.In easy-to-understand language, this book covers various aspects, including basic concepts of patent laws and rules, innovation protection, patenting, patents post-granting and patent licensing. With over 40 tables, 70 figures, nearly 100 cases and examples, and a comprehensive index table, it serves as a practical handbook for inventors and patent practitioners.This second edition incorporates the latest changes in the America Invents Act (AIA), with additional case studies and illustrations throughout the book. For inventors who want to file patents by themselves, this new edition provides guidelines and step-by-step instructions on preparing and filing a US provisional patent application, while avoiding the pitfalls that commonly occur in do-it-yourself patenting.

This textbook raises thought-provoking questions regarding our rapidly-evolving computing technologies, highlighting the need for a strong ethical framework in our computer science education. Ethics in Computing offers a concise introduction to this topic, distilled from the more expansive Ethical and Social Issues in the Information Age. Features: introduces the philosophical framework for analyzing computer ethics; describes the impact of computer technology on issues of security, privacy and anonymity; examines intellectual property rights in the context of computing; discusses such issues as the digital divide, employee monitoring in the workplace, and health risks; reviews the history of computer crimes and the threat of cyberbullying; provides coverage of the ethics of AI, virtualization technologies, virtual reality, and the Internet; considers the social, moral and ethical challenges arising from social networks and mobile communication technologies; includes discussion questions and exercises.

$$$ THE ENTREPRENEUR’S EDGE SYNOPSIS: This book will help the entrepreneur who may be well-versed in a given field, expertise, or industry to fill the ever-present gap of constantly seeking required capital. In addition to the increasing management, communication, and people skills the perhaps technically talented enterprisers must soon master; is the realization that he/she must also always seek capital if the business is to survive and grow. Capital, working capital, positive cash-flow is the life-blood of the business. Without it there is no growth, no survival, and no life. In the entrepreneur’s enthusiasm, the zest to achieve the vision, the exhilaration and activity of the moment, the need for money and a positive timely cash-flow is often overlooked. They are the very life-force of the business; the oxygen for the venture without which it will die. The Entrepreneur’s Edge will assist the planning necessary in finding the money, raising the money, making the money, and keeping the money.