Item Summary - Focus on Intellectual Property Rights
 
Focus on Intellectual Property Rights
Collection
Open Textbook Resources
 
Description
Essays by government, academic, and industry experts introduce intellectual property (IP) rights issues and key concepts -- patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, and new forms of IP. Articles also explain why countries need effective intellectual property systems, and what governments in each region are doing to enforce IPR. Includes a glossary …
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Focus on Intellectual Property Rights
Focus on Intellectual Property Rights
File: IPRights.pdf (2.67 MB)
 
 
 
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Author/Creator (Digital Rights Manager)
US Dept of State
Author/Creator (Digital Rights Manager) Details
http://www.america.gov/publications/books.html#ipr
Creator
Sola Neely, Mildred, Clack, George, United States Department of State
Role
Editor, Editor, Publisher
Full Description
Essays by government, academic, and industry experts introduce intellectual property (IP) rights issues and key concepts -- patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, and new forms of IP. Articles also explain why countries need effective intellectual property systems, and what governments in each region are doing to enforce IPR. Includes a glossary of IP terms, a list of print and Internet IP resources, and a separate resource list for children and young adults.
Type of review conducted on this item
No
Keywords
Intellectual Property Rights Treaties, Copyright, Fair Use, Digital Property, Digital Rights, Optical Disk Piracy, Trademarks, Patents
Language
en-US
Requirement Name
Adobe PDF
Interactivity type
Expositive
Learning resource type
Textbook
Educational context
11, 12, Community College, Higher Education
ERIC Thesaurus Terms
Copyrights, Intellectual Property
GEM Subjects Terms (K-12)
Social Studies / Current events/issues
Rights statement
Published in the public domain by the United States Department of State. A number of the excerpts and illustrations appearing in this volume are copyrighted. These may not be reprinted without the permission of the copyright
holder.