The Pocket Guide to Patent Defense


Book Description

This guidebook provides an overview of the choices faced by businesses that find themselves accused of infringing a patent. It includes a summary of potential defenses and options available to an accused infringer. Strategies for keeping the cost of defense down are discussed as is the often overlooked issue of finality. Compact and readable, this book can be used by businesses to shine some light on a process that can seem like a black box. It can also serve as a convenient resource for the busy patent litigator or as a digestible introduction for lawyers new to patent litigation.This second edition has been revised to reflect new developments, including the passage of the America Invents Act of 2011. Other new features include a glossary and a section on the process of litigation.




Model Rules of Professional Conduct


Book Description

The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.




How to Invent and Protect Your Invention


Book Description

A straightforward guide to inventing, patenting, and technology commercialization for scientists and engineers Although chemists, physicists, biologists, polymer scientists, and engineers in industry are involved in potentially patentable work, they are often under-prepared for this all-important field. This book provides a clear, jargon-free, and comprehensive overview of the patenting process tailored specifically to the needs of scientists and engineers, including: Requirements for a patentable invention How to invent New laws created by President Obama's 2011 America Invents Act The process of applying for and obtaining a patent in the U.S. and in foreign countries Commercializing inventions and the importance of innovation Based on lecture notes refined over twenty-five years at The University of Akron, How to Invent and Protect Your Invention contains practical advice, colorful examples, and a wealth of personal experience from the authors.







Patent Remedies and Complex Products


Book Description

Through a collaboration among twenty legal scholars from North America, Europe and Asia, this book presents an international consensus on the use of patent remedies for complex products such as smartphones, computer networks, and the Internet of Things. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.







The Vest Pocket Guide to IFRS


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Quick answers to your IFRS questions Presented in a question and answer format, The Vest Pocket IFRS provides a brief explanation of each IFRS topic, the issues involved, and the solution. Coverage includes calculations, journal entries, flowcharts outlining various options, footnotes disclosures, and brief examples. Provides quick answers to specific questions in a Q & A format Focuses on the most common accounting problems arising from a particular IFRS topic Calculations, footnotes disclosures, and brief examples are provided Other titles by Bragg: The Vest Pocket Controller, Accounting Best Practies, Sixth Edition, and Just-in-Time Accounting, Third Edition The first book of its kind to answer IFRS issues on the spot, The Vest Pocket IFRS gives you the quick, specific IFRS answers you need right now.







Licensing Royalty Rates, 2013 Edition


Book Description

Knowing the "going" royalty rate for virtually any product is as simple asreaching for the newly published Licensing Royalty Rates, 2013 Edition. This information-packed report details the royalty rates for over 1,500products and services in ten lucrative licensed product categories--art,celebrity, character and entertainment, collegiate, corporate, designer,event, sports, nonprofit and music.Setting a royalty rate too high can scare away potential licensees, whileaccepting a lower rate can cost licensors hundreds of thousands of dollars.Licensing Royalty Rates, 2013 Edition provides all the information youneed to calculate the right rate every time.The data in Licensing Royalty Rates is compiled usinginformation from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. After careful review bya blue-ribbon panel of expert licensing consultants uniquely qualified to knowwhat the appropriate rate range is for specific properties in each licensingcategory, the information is organized into four time-saving sections thatgive researchers fast access to comprehensive statistical and analytical data:Royalty rate listing alphabetically by licensed product --provides adetailed alphabetical listing of products and their suggested rate rangeacross all product categories.Royalty rate listing by international trademark class --lets you quicklyidentify subtle royalty rate differences between similar products withinspecific international trademark classes.Checklist of licensed products and services --offers a quick-reference toproducts with a high potential for licensing.Comprehensive list of licensed products and services --presents adetailed list of all surveyed products and services within a trademark classfor preparing intent-to-use trademark applications.This detailed information gives both beginning and more experienced licensingprofessionals the confidence needed to negotiate the maximum allowable rateregardless of the product, the market and the parameters of the specific dealitself.




A Century of Innovation


Book Description

A compilation of 3M voices, memories, facts and experiences from the company's first 100 years.