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6-Page Laminated Study Guide Covers:
- Patent Law
- Analyze Patentability
- First to File Is Deemed “Inventor”
- Application for Patents
- Provisional Patent Applications
- Patent Prosecution
- Opposition Procedures & Post-Issuance Proceedings
- Patent Infringement
- Elements of Proof of Infringement
- Types of Infringement & Infringers
- Defenses to Infringement Action
- Remedies in Infringement Action
- Copyright Law
- What Can Be Protected by Copyright?
- When Copyrights Attach & Terminate for U.S. Works
- How Can Copyrights Be Lost?
- What Rights Are Protected by Copyright Law?
- Who Holds the Copyrights?
- Enforcement of Copyrights under Current Law
- Civil Infringement Actions
- Elements of Proof of Direct Infringement
- Proof That Defendant Copied a Work
- Degrees of Infringement
- Contributory Infringement Liability
- Vicarious Infringement Liability
- Civil Remedies for Infringement
- The “Fair Use” Defense
- Copyrights on Foreign Works
- Digital Millennium Copyright Act
- Computer Software Copyright Protection
- Trademark Law
- Common Law Trademarks
- Distinctiveness Requirement
- Descriptiveness of Trademarks
- Four Categories of Marks
- Specifically Prohibited Marks
- Potential Conflicts with Other Users
- Marks in Different Markets
- When a Trademark Itself Has Value
- Trademark Infringement
- Remedies for Trademark Infringement
- Defenses to Infringement Actions
- Useful Internet Intellectual Property (IP) Links
