Patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets : what automation professionals, manufacturers, and business owners need to know.

1. What is intellectual property? 2. The goal of intellectual property - inventions and examples of IP; 3. Examples of discoveries... "inventions" and ownership of inventions; 4. What makes an invention patentable? 5. Examples of works of authorship... "copyrightable work"; 6. Examples of trademarks; 7. Examples of trade secrets and secrecy agreements; 8. Five financial reasons to identify and register intellectual property; 9. Three basic licensing fees; 10. Two techniques to identify assets also known as "inventions"; 11. Creating an inventor awareness program; 12. Creating an inventor reward program; 13. United States utility patent application process; 14. Provisional patent applications - a low stress step; 15. Five strategies to consider; 16. How long does intellectual property last? 17. The United States federal trademark application process; 18. Trademark rejections and overcoming them; 19. Trademark classes - one filing does not cover all; 20. Checklist of activities to identify names, logos, and slogans; 21. Proper use of trademark and registered; 22. Benefits of federal trademarks; 23. Trademark watching service; 24. Take the trademark quiz; 25. Six types of copyrightable works; 26. Fair use exemptions to copyright infringement; 27. Ten easy steps to identify secrets that provide a commercial advantage to a business; 28. International intellectual property.