TY - BOOK AU - McJohn,Stephen M. TI - Intellectual property: examples and explanations T2 - The examples and explanations series SN - 9781454803324 AV - KF 2980 M45.2012 PY - 2012///,©2012 CY - New York PB - Wolters Kluwer Law & Business KW - Intellectual property KW - United States KW - Propiedad intelectual KW - Estados Unidos N1 - Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice; The contours of intellectual property law -- Subject matter : creative expression, "no matter how humble, crude, or obvious" -- Excluded subject matter : ideas, functional aspects, infringing material, government works -- Obtaining protection and licensing : ownership, formalities, duration -- Exclusive rights : their enforcement and limitations -- Patentable subject matter : products and processes -- Substantive standards for protection : new, useful, and nonobvious inventions -- Obtaining protection, ownership, and licensing : of hoops and pitfalls -- Rights and infringement : "the benefit of his invention" -- Subject matter of trademark law -- Substantive standards for protection : "the source-distinguishing ability of a mark" -- Obtaining protection and licensing : using, registering, licensing, and losing a trademark -- Infringement and related rights under trademark law -- Trade secret subject matter : information with economic value from not being generally known -- Getting protection through reasonable security measures and losing protection through public disclosure -- Misappropriation and remedies -- Three more state law theories and federal preemption ER -