Protect Your Intellectual Property

Protect Your Intellectual Property provides an abundance of information on the various forms of intellectual property protection. It explains in detail, step-by-step procedures, how to obtain exclusive protection for unique ideas, inventions, names, identifying marks, or artistic, literary, musical, photographic or cinematographic works.

You can now have available valuable facts and information on intellectual property protection at your fingertips. The material and instructions in this book will save unnecessary expense and time-consuming research. The information is organized to provide fast comprehension, so that it may be implemented immediately. Forms are included for Federal copyright, patent, and trademark registration.

The subject of intellectual property protection is extensive. The purpose of this book is to simplify the process of securing a copyright, patent, or trademark in most countries where protection would be beneficial. The information disclosed here will be useful to know even before embarking on any creative endeavor that you hope someday will find its way into the marketplace. Most ideas developed for maximum commercial value will need to be legally protected for encroachment and undesirable imitation. Writers, designers, artists, photographers, inventors, composers, musicians, performers, and many others can now get regional, national, or international protection for their creations. This book is divided into five parts. Part 1 discusses copyrights, Part 2 covers patents, Part 3 details Federal trademarks and seven key areas of state trademarks. Part 4 is an international whirlwind tour of copyrights, patents, and trademarks, including a country-by-country profile of over 60 foreign lands from Algeria to Zambia. Part 5 provides valuable contacts, sources of additional information, and suggested publications. All forms have been placed at the end of the appropriate part.