Entrepreneur's Guide To Patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets & licensing. (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780425194096)

Today, virtually all companies, artists, and innovators run the risk of losing their competititve edge-and big money-by not adequately safeguarding their intellectual property. Written by an expert in intellectual property law, this is the first book to address the full range of legal protections available-patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, and licensing-with innovative information you won't find elsewhere, including:

Legal landmines every successful entrepreneur must avoid
Business practices that can be
protected-but are often overlooked
Protecting your intellectual property on the Internet
What are your ideas and the rights to them really worth?
Why trade secrets are a powerful and under-utilized protection
Lessons learned from Amazon.com, Microsoft, and other elite entrepreneurs
How even smart, savvy AOL lost exclusive trademarks, including "YOU'VE GOT MAIL!"

The Entrepreneur's Guide to Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks, Trade Secrets and Licensing is the definitive guide for the entrepreneur and innovator who is ready to protect what he or she has created-a

Author: Gilbert Guide, Jill Gilbert
ISBN-10: 0425194094
ISBN-13: 9780425194096
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 08/03/2004
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.81lbs
Size: 9.02h x 6.46w x 0.88d