Students studying this text will be intrigued by the topic while they develop a thorough understanding of the four fields of intellectual property law (trademarks, copyrights, patents and unfair competition). They will learn the methods by which each is created, procedures to register or protect each, duration of rights, infringement, and new and international developments for each field. Learning is facilitated through case summaries in each chapter, key terms appearing in the margins, checklists of specific tasks involving IP paralegals, hypothetical case studies, and challenging learning activities. The text analyzes newly enacted statutes relating to the intellectual property field, and it examines cutting edge issues which easily keep the students' interest. Finally, the instructor's manual for this second edition boasts an expanded test bank, encompassing the many updates and additions to the text. On-line Companion for this text includes Appendices A-E, chapter summaries, trivia, and Internet resources.
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"The end-of-chapter resources are excellent."
"Students enjoy reading the Trivia boxes, and the Case Illustrations give students exposure to court opinions and pique their interest to read the entire opinion."
"This text has been very popular with instructors and students because the author has done such a good job of covering all of the major topics in IP in a readable, yet thorough, manner. The balance of theoretical and practical is perfect, given the survey nature of the text." --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
"Students enjoy reading the Trivia boxes, and the Case Illustrations give students exposure to court opinions and pique their interest to read the entire opinion."
"This text has been very popular with instructors and students because the author has done such a good job of covering all of the major topics in IP in a readable, yet thorough, manner. The balance of theoretical and practical is perfect, given the survey nature of the text." --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good Intro at a Steep Price,
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This review is from: Intellectual Property: The Law of Trademarks, Copyrights, Patents, and Trade Secrets for the Paralegal (Paperback)
OK, it covers the basics in a fairly easy-to-read format and moves right along. It is a well-designed, reader-friendly book, but a bit repetitive. The same statements appear in the intro, in the middle, and in the end summary of each chapter.
I take off one star simply for cost. No way is this intro-level material worth over 100 bucks. This is a $20 book in gold plating. Another star off for quite a number of spelling errors and other typos and goofs (repeated sentence/para fragment, etc.) that should have been caught in proofreading. Hard to believe these are still being carried along in the THIRD EDITION. These little glitches don't interfere with the usefulness of the book, but given the price, they owe us a PERFECTLY PROOFED text. Everybody else gets it right--why can't this team? And, a working paralegal who made these types of errors could be fired. It's ironic and silly for the book to contain such goofs.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
An Excellent Introductory Text on IP Law For Paralegals,
By Reader from Washington, DC/New York "Reader" (Washington, DC/New York) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE)
This review is from: Intellectual Property for Paralegals: The Law of Trademarks, Copyrights, Patents, and Trade Secrets (West Legal Studies Series) (Paperback)
I was assigned this book in my introductory Intellectual Property class during my paralegal curriculum, and it provided me with a very thorough grounding.
Most intellectual property law books are written for lawyers, so it was helpful to have a book designed for paralegals. I have recommended it to the Association for Intellectual Property Paralegals (AOIPP), and it is listed on their "IP Books" page at: http://aoipp.org/ip-books/ I would recommend this book as the introductory text for a paralegal who is completely new to IP law, and Richard Stim's "Intellectual Property: Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights" as a more advanced text for paralegals. I would not have understood many sections of the Stim text without having read the Bouchoux text first.
6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: Intellectual Property for Paralegals: The Law of Trademarks, Copyrights, Patents, and Trade Secrets (West Legal Studies Series) (Paperback)
I got this book when I first started working as a paralegal for a patent attorney. It gave me a great understanding of Intellectual Property. Great to learn the basics, of course there was more to learn on the job.
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trademark license agreement, patent classification, execution date, concurrent use proceeding, docketing dates, excuse nonuse, knockout search, accused invention, trademark maintenance, inter partes proceedings, international trademark law, official filing receipt, trade secret protection programs, conflicting marks, inter partes reexamination, international search report, patent trolls, product disparagement, basic filing fee, terminal disclaimer, international patent law, international preliminary examination, small entity status, trademark searching, accused infringer Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
All Rights Reserved, Cengage Learning, United States, Copyright Office, Copyright Act, Lanham Act, Paris Convention, Supreme Court, Berne Convention, Official Gazette, Access the Web, Madrid Protocol, New York, Principal Register, Patent Act, First Amendment, Supplemental Register, New Company, Has the Company, Does the Company, European Union, Federal Circuit, United Kingdom, Review Circular, Register of Copyrights Browse Sample Pages:
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trademark license agreement, patent classification, execution date, concurrent use proceeding, docketing dates, excuse nonuse, knockout search, accused invention, trademark maintenance, inter partes proceedings, international trademark law, official filing receipt, trade secret protection programs, conflicting marks, inter partes reexamination, international search report, patent trolls, product disparagement, basic filing fee, terminal disclaimer, international patent law, international preliminary examination, small entity status, trademark searching, accused infringer Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
All Rights Reserved, Cengage Learning, United States, Copyright Office, Copyright Act, Lanham Act, Paris Convention, Supreme Court, Berne Convention, Official Gazette, Access the Web, Madrid Protocol, New York, Principal Register, Patent Act, First Amendment, Supplemental Register, New Company, Has the Company, Does the Company, European Union, Federal Circuit, United Kingdom, Review Circular, Register of Copyrights Browse Sample Pages:
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