title: Intellectual Property Law Primer
author:  Earl W. Kintner 
description: Making and selling products and services to the public carries with it a wide range of legal rights and duties, powers, and obligations. Product liability and quality laws, antitrust laws, tax and trade regulations laws, the Uniform Commercial Code, the Copyright Reform Act of 1976 are but examples of the myriad laws affecting distribution and competition. This book is designed to give the nonspecialist an appreciation of the way in which so-called intellectual or intangible property commerce-what they are and are not, how they are gained and lost, and what can and cannot be done with them Messrs, Kintner and Lahr survey the field of patent law, trade secret law, trademark law, copyright law, rights of publicity and privacy, and related areas. Their clear, incisive discussions will provide the reader with a solid background in the field of intellectual and intangible property rights in the United States. The most important aspects of the law are clearly explained and difficult or confusing situations are illustrated by real life examples. Businessmen and general legal practitioners, as well as engineers, writers, performers, advertising, publishing, and marketing executives, and many others, will find this an invaluable aid to understanding the law of intellectual property.
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  First published in Great Britain in 2010 by
  
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