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Introduction to Intellectual Property by Kerry Bundy; Randall Kahnke; Robert Krupka Introduction to Intellectual Property provides a clear, effective introduction to patents, copyright, trademarks, and trade secrets. The text may be used by students and instructors in formal courses, as well as those applying intellectual property considerations to entrepreneurship, marketing, law, computer science, engineering, design, or other fields. The luminaries involved with this project represent the forefront of knowledge and experience, and the material offers considerable examples and scenarios, as well as exercises and references.

Patent Claim Drafting Practice by Howard Skaist As patent law's dramatic changes continue, this comprehensive resource is vital for today's patent practitioners. It is an important guide through the maze of current statutory law, court decisions, agency regulations, and technological and business considerations involved in drafting patent claims.

Patent It Yourself: Your Step-by-Step Guide to Filing at the U.S. Patent Office by David E. Blau Patent attorneys David Pressman and David E. Blau provide the latest information, forms, and clear instructions to help you: conduct a patent search the right way, evaluate your idea's commercial potential, prepare a patent application, market and license your invention, and more.

Patent Searching Made Easy by David Hitchcock This book explains how to assess the novelty of an idea and do patent searches at little or no cost under the recently-adopted first-to-file rules. Patent Searching Made easy provides information on how to quickly research any new idea to see whether anyone has already patented it; decide on the best keywords to describe an invention and target a search; classify an invention based on the U.S. Patent Classification System; figure out whether an idea is new enough to qualify for a patent; verify the patent status of ideas submitted to potential developers, and how to use the latest federal and international search-related resources.