Books to Read: Patents

“The true University of these days is a Collection of Books.”
— Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), The Hero as a Man of Letters

Books on Patents: protecting your intellectual property...
	*Joy L. Bryant, Protecting Your Ideas: The Inventor's Guide to Patents* (1999), Academic Press, ISBN: 0121384101*— Protecting your Ideas is a succinct, straightforward guide to the patent system. This guide presents the steps involved in obtaining patent protection for inventions. It is easy to read and brimming with essential information and advice compounded from FAQs posed by the author's academic and industrial clientele. It includes tips, warnings, and examples that guide the reader through the invention process so patent rights are not jeopardized. Checklists and other helpful information are provided to assist the inventor who is preparing to enter the patent process. The author has included valuable resource information and business guidance to protect the inventor from consumer fraud associated with patenting inventions. What you'll like about Bryant's Protecting Your Ideas:* * Simple, easy-to-read format demystifies the patent process. * Numerous example patents help to illustrate the issues involved. * Provides an overview of the types of intellectual property protection. * Incorporates up-to-date information about U.S. patent laws. * Advises inventors about the do's and don'ts of patenting. * Includes useful resources for helping inventors safeguard their ideas. This book is a must read for every engineer, scientist, or amateur inventor. Avg. Review (5):
	Stephen Elias & Kate McGrath, Trademark: Legal Care for Your Business & Product Name, 4th Ed. (1999), Nolo Press, ISBN: 087337519X— With the advent of cyberspace and e-commerce, small business owners and innovators need to be more careful than ever in choosing and protecting their names, logos, trademarks, packaging and slogans. In this updated 4th edition of their popular book, attorneys Kate McGrath and Stephen Elias explain, step by step, how to: choose a distinctive name that competitors can't copy; conduct a trademark search; register the trademark; protect and maintain the trademark; handle trademark disputes outside the courtroom; understand the trademark issues affecting domain names and the Internet. Contains all the official forms with step-by-step instructions for registering a federal trademark or servicemark with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. Legal Publishing Preview's comment: “There is no other text on the market to compare.” Learn how to choose, use and protect the names and symbols that identify your services and products with this book. Avg. Review (1):

David Hitchcock, Patricia Gima, Stephen Elias Patent Searching Made Easy Nolo.com (1999) ISBN: 0873374762 Avg. Review (1):	Thomas E. Mosley Marketing Your Invention Upstart Publishing (1997) ISBN: 1574100726 Avg. Review (10):	David Pressman Patent It Yourself (7th Ed) Nolo.com (1999) ISBN: 087337469X Avg. Review (8):
Harvey Reese How to License Your Million Dollar Idea Wiley & Sons, (1993) ISBN: 0471580503 Avg. Review (3):	Lloyd J. Jassin The Copyright Permission and Libel Handbook Wiley & Sons (1998) ISBN: 0471146544 Avg. Review (3):	Richard C. Levy The Inventor's Desktop Companion Visible Ink Press (1995) ISBN: 0787604909 Avg. Review (2):
Resources on Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks