The essentials of intellectual property for the paralegal - Andersen, Christian R.; Manning, Janis M. (Dallas, Tex. Pearson Publications Co., 1998)
Patent law in general -- Types of patents -- Statutory requirements for patents -- Statutory bars from receiving a patent -- Elements of the U.S. patent application -- The life of a U.S. patent -- Postissuance matters -- International patent concepts -- International patent classification (IPC) system -- Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property -- Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) -- European Patent Convention (EPC) -- General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) -- Trademark law in general -- Types of trademarks -- Potential problems in the use of a trademark -- Elements of the U.S. trademark application -- The life of a U.S. trademark application -- Postregistration matters -- Trademark notice symbols -- The myth of the universal trademark registration -- The community trademark -- International trademark filing considerations -- The life of an international trademark application -- Postissuance matters -- A paralegal's role in international trademark prosecution -- Copyright law in general -- Statutory elements of copyright subject matter -- When originality is not original -- Bars to copyright protection -- Ownership of copyright -- Copyright filing -- Other filings -- Terms of protection -- International copyright law -- The Bern Convention -- Universal Copyright Convention -- Copyright notice -- Moral rights -- Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990 -- A paralegal's role in international copyright protection -- Trade secrets -- Rights of publicity and rights of privacy -- Definition of legalization -- Determining when legalization is required -- Legalization process -- Embassies -- The Hague Convention of October 1961 -- The requirement to search intellectual property -- Defining the scope of the search -- Accessing online databases -- The manual search -- Search for common law uses of trademarks -- World Wide Web -- Intellectual property searches on the Internet.
Keywords: Intellectual property -- United States; Patent laws and legislation -- United States; Trademarks|xLaw and legislation -- United States; Patents (International law); Trademarks (International law); Intellectual property (International law).