Intellectual Property: The Practical and Legal Fundamentals

Abstract:     
This working draft updates an article intended to identify pitfalls for those who are basically uninformed about intellectual Property and provides strategies for avoiding infringement. Clients ultimately decide how much risk they can tolerate and how much protection they can afford.

First, however, they must alterted to risks and apprised of options. The article is intended to facilitate a comparison of alternatives for recouping investments in developing and marketing (not necessarily new) goods and services in a way that is impossible in detailed treatments of individual IP topics. Also, its scope in relation to its size dictates careful attention to the most important and durable aspects of the law.

It should facilitate a comparison of alternatives for recouping investments in developing and marketing (not necessarily new) goods and services in most cases - in a way that is impossible in detailed treatments of individual IP topics. Also, its scope in relation to its size dictates careful attention to the most important and durable aspects of the law.

Keywords: copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret, comparative IP options, IP risk, property

JEL Classifications: K19, K29

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