Intellectual Property in the New Technological Age

by Merges, Robert P.; Menell, Peter S.; Lemley, Mark A.

• ISBN13: 9780735512269
• ISBN10: 0735512264
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-02-01
• Publisher: Wolters Kluwer

Summary

In its first edition, this casebook brought a new level of cohesion To The teaching of intellectual property by uniting the often fragmented coverage of the field in one carefully structured book. Now, after years of successful course use, The expert authors refine their presentation to make INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN THE NEW TECHNOLOGICAL AGE, Second Edition, exceptionally teachable as well as totally up-to-date. The casebook covers the full range of legal protections for intellectual property including: trade secret protection patent law copyright law trademarks/trade dress state and federal IP protections protections for computer software a valuable overview of antitrust law that is not usually available in most IP casebooks a distinct examination of biotechnology and computer science. Distinctive features that help the authors successfully convey so much information include: a unique introduction To The philosophical and theoretical framework of intellectual property that sets the stage For The rest of the book historical background and a contemporary overview in every chapter practice problems that give students experience working with today's hottest issues cases and materials illustrate each subject a Teacher's Manual helps you adapt the book's modular structure to suit your course needs and provides solutions to all the problems in the book a Statutory and Case Supplement that includes an introduction to biotechnology, As well as the latest legal developments. When you examine INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN THE NEW TECHNOLOGICAL AGE, Second Edition, you'll find much that is new or improved: exceptionally clear coverage of biotechnology throughout the book the chapter on protection of computer software integrates the various fields of IP law into one cohesive examination new Supreme Court cases, including Warner Jenkinson v. Hilton Davis significant lower court cases and major new statutes, such as the Economic Espionage Act, The Digital Millennium Copyright Act, And The Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act extensively revised chapter on copyright now offers stronger cases, such as Steinberg v. Columbia Pictures and Quality King v. L'Anza Research reorganized chapter on trademark responds to user feedback supporting web site for updates and useful links is now in development. If you want your students to be prepared for IP practice in the new millennium, you'll need the casebook that zeroes in on current issues and arms future lawyers for upcoming challenges, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN THE NEW TECHNOLOGICAL AGE, Second Edition.

Author Biography

Robert P. Merges: Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich, and Rosati; Professor of Law and Technology, University of California at Berkeley Peter S. Menell: Professor of Law, University of California at Berkeley Mark A. Lemley: Professor of Law, University of California at Berkeley

Table of Contents

Contents	xi
Preface to the Second Edition	xxv
Preface to the First Edition	xxvii
Acknowledgments	xxxi
Introduction	1	(30)
Trade Secret Protection	31	(92)
Patent Law	123	(222)
Copyright Law	345	(212)
Trademarks and Trade Dress	557	(238)
State Intellectual Property Law and Federal Preemption	795	(98)
Protection of Computer Software	893	(208)
Intellectual Property and Competition Policy	1101	(98)
Table of Cases	1199	(12)
Table of Statutes	1211	(6)
Index	1217