Intellectual property : patents, trademarks, and copyright in a nutshell

Authors Michael Davis and famed Harvard professor Arthur Miller provide authoritative coverage on the foundations of patents, trademarks, and copyright laws. Authoritative treatment of all relevant doctrines and the latest statutory and judicial changes. Text further addresses relevant torts, property, antitrust, regulatory, and federalism intersections with intellectual property law.

The foundations of patent protection -- The subject matter of patents -- Patentability : novelty and statutory bar -- Patentability : utility -- Patentability : nonobviousness -- Double-patenting -- The patenting process -- Infringement -- Remedies -- Patent law and the intersection of state and federal regulation -- The foundations of trademark protection -- Distinctiveness -- Dilution and the expansion of trademark doctrine -- Loss of trademark protection and partial protection -- Trademark practice -- Subject matter -- Infringement -- Remedies -- Foundations of copyright protection -- The subject matter of copyright -- Exclusive rights -- Infringement -- Fair use -- Ownership -- Formal requirements -- Remedies -- Copyright laws and the intersection of state and federal regulation -- International agreements.