Art Law: The Guide for Collectors, Investors, Dealers & Artists
The standard text — Wall Street Journal. Widely acknowledged as the cornerstone reference for visual art professionals and their attorneys since it was first published in 1989, ART LAW provides unsurpassed legal, business, financial, tax, and estate planning information and guidance for this major sector of the creative arts. Written by two of America s foremost art …
Take the first step to protecting your invention!Ready to stamp “patent pending” on your invention? Then you need to file a provisional patent application (PPA), an inexpensive way to claim your hard work. With a PPA, you’ll have time to figure out whether you can make a profit from your creation before you invest more time and money. …
This Interactive Casebook provides a comprehensive and provocative introduction to copyright doctrine, policy and the contemporary controversies that animate the field. Numerous call-out boxes provide students direct links to a wealth of on-line resources including audio and video clips of the work at issue in many of the included cases. Short essays interspersed throughout the volume …
Middleton and Lee’s overview of media law includes the most current legal developments affecting the daily work of writers, broadcasters, advertisers, cable operators, Internet service providers, public relations practitioners, photographers, and other public communicators. By presenting statutes and cases in a cohesive manner that is understandable, even to students studying law for the first time, the authors ensure …
Intellectual Privacy: Rethinking Civil Liberties in the Digital Age
Most people believe that the right to privacy is inherently at odds with the right to free speech. Courts all over the world have struggled with how to reconcile the problems of media gossip with our commitment to free and open public debate for over a century. The rise of the Internet has made this problem more …
There have been a number of important developments in U.S. intellectual property law since the second edition of Understanding Intellectual Property Law was published. Foremost among them was the adoption, in September 2011, of the America Invents Act, the most significant change to U.S. patent law since the 1952 Patent Act. Coverage of the new Act includes: (1) …
Everything you need to protect your invention now The provisional patent application (PPA) is a quick, inexpensive and legal way to claim your invention―and buy yourself time to determine whether it’s worthwhile to pursue a regular patent. Learn how to: conduct a patent search online complete all the necessary forms evaluate potential hurdles …
Dealmaking in the Film & Television Industry: From Negotiations to Final Contracts, 3rd Ed.
“Dealmaking” – the popular, award-winning ‘self-defence’ book for everyone working in the film and television industry – is now updated to include the latest legal rulings and entertainment technology developments. Addressing a general, non-attorney readership, it is a fascinating, highly accessible guide to current entertainment law’s peculiarities, ‘creative’ practices, and practical applications. Armed with this book, filmmakers can …
This book sets out governing statutes and rules at the beginning of each chapter and includes sample litigation documents where possible. The structure of the casebook is to move chronologically through a typical patent case. The book begins with discussions of whom to sue, where to sue, pleading requirements, discovery, and trial strategy. It then moves into …
This Understanding treatise provides important and comprehensive coverage to complement the study of patent law, and is suitable for use with any patent law casebook. Understanding Patent Law features: • Up-to-date coverage of all major patent law topics, including the requirements to obtain a U.S. patent right, post-grant procedures, claim construction methods and procedures, all patent …