Intellectual Property : Examples and Explanations / Stephen M. McJohn.

1. The contours of intellectual property law; 2. Subject matter : creative expression, "no matter how humble, crude or obvious"; 3. Excluded subject matter : ideas, functional aspects, infringing material, government works; 4. Obtaining protection and licensing : ownership, formalities, duration; 5. Exclusive rights : their enforcement and limitations; 6. Patentable subject matter : products and processes; 7. Substantive standards for protection : new, useful, and nonobvious inventions; 8. Obtaining protection, ownership, and licensing : of hoops and pitfalls; 9. Rights and infringement : "the benefit of his invention"; 10. Subject matter of trademark law; 11. Substantive standards for protection : "the source-distinguishing ability of a mark"; 12. Obtaining protection and licensing : using, registering, licensing, and losing a trademark; 13. Infringement and related rights under trademark law; 14. Trade secret subject matter : information with economic value from not being generally known; 15. Getting protection through reasonable security measures and losing protection through public disclosure; 16. Misappropriation and remedies; 17. Three more state law theories and federal preemption.