Protecting Your Company's Intellectual Property : A Practical Guide to Trademarks, Copyrights, Patents and Trade Secrets Book

	List of Figures
	Preface
	Acknowledgments
1	Recognizing and Protecting Your Company's Intellectual Property	1
2	Trademark Basics	15
3	Trademark Selection and Searching	25
4	The Trademark Application Process	33
5	Maintaining, Monitoring, and Transferring Your Trademark	55
6	Trademark Infringement, Cancellations, and Dilution	67
7	Trademarks and the Internet	77
8	Copyright Basics	85
9	The Rights of Copyright Owners	95
10	The Copyright Application Process: Ownership, Registration, Notices, Duration, and Transfers	105
11	Copyright Infringement	123
12	Emerging Copyright Trends: Software Usage and Internet Policies	133
13	Patent Basics	153
14	Patent Searching, Patent Applications, Duration, and Transfers	161
15	Patent Infringement	179
16	Emerging Patent Trends	187
17	Trade Secret Basics	193
18	Unfair Competition	211
19	Owning the Work Product of Your Employees and Independent Contractors	217
20	Internal Processes for Greater Protection: Audits and Infringement Policies	233
	App.: Information Resources	245
	Index	251