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The librarian's guide to intellectual property in the digital age : copyrights, patents, and trademarks / Timothy Lee Wherry.
2002
N 639 WHE.L
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Title
The librarian's guide to intellectual property in the digital age : copyrights, patents, and trademarks / Timothy Lee Wherry.
Description
viii, 170 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
ISBN
083890825X
9780838908259 paperback
0838999204 electronic book
9780838999202 electronic book
9780838908259 paperback
0838999204 electronic book
9780838999202 electronic book
Alternate Call Number
N 639 WHE.L
Summary
This volume is a guide to intellectual property. Under intellectual property law, owners are granted certain exclusive rights to a variety of intangible assets, such as musical, literary, and artistic works; discoveries and inventions; and words, phrases, symbols, and designs. This work includes an introduction to the basics of copyrights, patents, and trademarks and written especially to serve the needs and questions of librarians. The issue of what constitutes fair use, modern-day disputes over file swapping services such as Napster, common misconceptions about patent, among many other topics, is presented in easy-to-understand terms.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 158-162) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
An introduction to intellectual property: copyrights, patents and trademarks
Copyright
Fair use
Napster, CONFU, and the DMCA
Intellectual property and the courts
Patents
Misconceptions about patents
Patent searching: locating the field of search
Patent searching: determining the prior act
Trademarks
Questions and answers about intellectual property.
Copyright
Fair use
Napster, CONFU, and the DMCA
Intellectual property and the courts
Patents
Misconceptions about patents
Patent searching: locating the field of search
Patent searching: determining the prior act
Trademarks
Questions and answers about intellectual property.
Series
Series
ALA editions.
Published
Chicago : American Library Association, 2002.
Language
English
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American Library Association.