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Canadian Copyright

A Citizen’s Guide

by Laura J. Murray, Samuel E. Trosow ...

In the age of easily downloadable culture, messages about copyright are ubiquitous. If you’re an artist, consumer, or teacher, copyright is likely a part of your everyday life. Completely updated, this revised edition of Canadian Copyright parses the Copyright Act and explains current Canadian copyright law to ordinary Canadians in accessible language, using recent examples and legal cases. ... Read more

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In the age of easily downloadable culture, messages about copyright are ubiquitous. If you’re an artist, consumer, or teacher, copyright is likely a part of your everyday life. Completely updated, this revised edition of Canadian Copyright parses the Copyright Act and explains current Canadian copyright law to ordinary Canadians in accessible language, using recent examples and legal cases.
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Your Ebook is an Asset … if You Own the Copyright

by Kim Staflund ...

Series Book 4 - Free Gifts for Indie Authors
According to renowned American businessman and investor, Robert Kiyosaki, an “Asset can be anything as long as it has value, produces income or appreciates, and has a ready market. Assets put money IN your pocket.” Before Kiyosaki’s popular Rich Dad Poor Dad book was published, many of us viewed our homes as our own assets. But we now realize that, so long as we’re paying a mortgage on it, our ... Read more

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According to renowned American businessman and investor, Robert Kiyosaki, an “Asset can be anything as long as it has value, produces income or appreciates, and has a ready market. Assets put money IN your pocket.” Before Kiyosaki’s popular Rich Dad Poor Dad book was published, many of us viewed our homes as our own assets. But we now realize that, so long as we’re paying a mortgage on it, our
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Canadian Copyright

A Citizen's Guide

by Laura J. Murray, Samuel E. Trosow ...

In the age of easily downloadable culture, messages about copyright are ubiquitous. If you�re an artist, consumer, or teacher, copyright is likely a part of your everyday life. Yet no resource exists to explain Canadian copyright law to ordinary Canadians. In accessible language, using examples and case studies, this book parses the Copyright Act and explains issues pertinent to a range of ... Read more

$13.99 CAD

In the age of easily downloadable culture, messages about copyright are ubiquitous. If you�re an artist, consumer, or teacher, copyright is likely a part of your everyday life. Yet no resource exists to explain Canadian copyright law to ordinary Canadians. In accessible language, using examples and case studies, this book parses the Copyright Act and explains issues pertinent to a range of
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Trade-mark Practice in Canada: A Practical Guide

by Borden Ladner Gervais LLP ...

This book provides a practical overview of Canadian trade-mark practice.Chapters 1 through 3 summarize general trade-mark practice in Canada, including the procedural and specific requirements for filing trade-mark applications. Chapter 3 highlights some of the unique aspects of these requirements and the relevant case law related to prohibited marks, including official marks and geographical ... Read more

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This book provides a practical overview of Canadian trade-mark practice.Chapters 1 through 3 summarize general trade-mark practice in Canada, including the procedural and specific requirements for filing trade-mark applications. Chapter 3 highlights some of the unique aspects of these requirements and the relevant case law related to prohibited marks, including official marks and geographical
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A Patent Lie

by Paul Goldstein ...

Series Book 2 - Michael Seeley Mystery
A gripping inside look at high-stakes lawyering, A Patent Lie is further evidence that Paul Goldstein is an emerging master of the legal thriller.After being forced from his high-powered Manhattan law firm, Michael Seeley—the tough-but-wounded hero of Errors and Omissions—has set up shop in his native Buffalo. Partly out of need, partly out of pride, Seeley takes on a case for his estranged ... Read more

$10.99 CAD

A gripping inside look at high-stakes lawyering, A Patent Lie is further evidence that Paul Goldstein is an emerging master of the legal thriller.After being forced from his high-powered Manhattan law firm, Michael Seeley—the tough-but-wounded hero of Errors and Omissions—has set up shop in his native Buffalo. Partly out of need, partly out of pride, Seeley takes on a case for his estranged
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In Defence of Copyright

by Hugh Stephens ...

Series series To the Point
“This book is filled with important information and excellent insights. … You should buy it … please don’t illegally download it.” — John Degen, The British Columbia ReviewCopyright is one of the cornerstones of western civilization; it is as relevant today, if not more so, than it was when the first formal copyright laws were enacted in the eighteenth century.With the rise of the Digital Age, new ... Read more

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“This book is filled with important information and excellent insights. … You should buy it … please don’t illegally download it.” — John Degen, The British Columbia ReviewCopyright is one of the cornerstones of western civilization; it is as relevant today, if not more so, than it was when the first formal copyright laws were enacted in the eighteenth century.With the rise of the Digital Age, new
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Le petit guide de l'édition

Tout ce que les aspirants auteurs devraient savoir

by Dominique Girard ...

Vous rêvez d’être publié, mais ne connaissez pas la marche à suivre ? Le monde de l’édition vous intrigue, et vous souhaitez découvrir les routes qui mènent à la publication d’un manuscrit ? Ce guide vous présente les étapes suivantes : la préparation et l’envoi d’un manuscrit à des maisons d’édition, la négociation d’un contrat d’édition, la production... ... Read more

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Vous rêvez d’être publié, mais ne connaissez pas la marche à suivre ? Le monde de l’édition vous intrigue, et vous souhaitez découvrir les routes qui mènent à la publication d’un manuscrit ? Ce guide vous présente les étapes suivantes : la préparation et l’envoi d’un manuscrit à des maisons d’édition, la négociation d’un contrat d’édition, la production...
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Essentials of Intellectual Property

Law, Economics, and Strategy

by Alexander I. Poltorak, Paul J. Lerner ...

The definitive primer on intellectual property for business professionals, non-IP attorneys, entrepreneurs, and inventorsFull of valuable tips, techniques, illustrative real-world examples, exhibits, and best practices, the Second Edition of this handy and concise paperback will help you stay up to date on the newest thinking, strategies, developments, and case law in intellectual property ... Read more

$35.99 CAD

The definitive primer on intellectual property for business professionals, non-IP attorneys, entrepreneurs, and inventorsFull of valuable tips, techniques, illustrative real-world examples, exhibits, and best practices, the Second Edition of this handy and concise paperback will help you stay up to date on the newest thinking, strategies, developments, and case law in intellectual property
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How to Fix Copyright

by William Patry ...

Do copyright laws directly cause people to create works they otherwise wouldn't create? Do those laws directly put substantial amounts of money into authors' pockets? Does culture depend on copyright? Are copyright laws a key driver of competitiveness and of the knowledge economy? These are the key questions William Patry addresses in How to Fix Copyright. We all share the goals of increasing ... Read more

$18.39 CAD

Do copyright laws directly cause people to create works they otherwise wouldn't create? Do those laws directly put substantial amounts of money into authors' pockets? Does culture depend on copyright? Are copyright laws a key driver of competitiveness and of the knowledge economy? These are the key questions William Patry addresses in How to Fix Copyright. We all share the goals of increasing
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The Little Book of Plagiarism

by Richard A. Posner ...

A concise, lively, and bracing exploration of an issue bedeviling our cultural landscape–plagiarism in literature, academia, music, art, and film–by one of our most influential and controversial legal scholars. Best-selling novelists J. K. Rowling and Dan Brown, popular historians Doris Kearns Goodwin and Stephen Ambrose, Harvard law professor Charles Ogletree, first novelist Kaavya Viswanathan: ... Read more

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A concise, lively, and bracing exploration of an issue bedeviling our cultural landscape–plagiarism in literature, academia, music, art, and film–by one of our most influential and controversial legal scholars. Best-selling novelists J. K. Rowling and Dan Brown, popular historians Doris Kearns Goodwin and Stephen Ambrose, Harvard law professor Charles Ogletree, first novelist Kaavya Viswanathan:
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Who Owns England?

How We Lost Our Green and Pleasant Land, and How to Take It Back

by Guy Shrubsole ...

‘A formidable, brave and important book’ Robert Macfarlane‘Absolutely brilliant…You cannot read this book and defend the establishment’ Alastair Campbell, The Rest is PoliticsWho owns England?Behind this simple question lies this country’s oldest and best-kept secret. This is the history of how England’s elite came to own our land, and an inspiring manifesto for how to open up our countryside once ... Read more

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‘A formidable, brave and important book’ Robert Macfarlane‘Absolutely brilliant…You cannot read this book and defend the establishment’ Alastair Campbell, The Rest is PoliticsWho owns England?Behind this simple question lies this country’s oldest and best-kept secret. This is the history of how England’s elite came to own our land, and an inspiring manifesto for how to open up our countryside once
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Patents, Registered Designs, Trade Marks and Copyright For Dummies

by John Grant, Charlie Ashworth, Henri J. A. Charmasson ...

Do you have a great idea for the next big thing, an eye-catching new corporate logo, or an exciting new business concept? Understand how to safeguard your ideas and creations with this expert guide to the fundamentals of intellectual property. Walking you step-by-step through the processes involved in protecting your great ideas, this book offers all the advice you need to ensure that you're the ... Read more

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Do you have a great idea for the next big thing, an eye-catching new corporate logo, or an exciting new business concept? Understand how to safeguard your ideas and creations with this expert guide to the fundamentals of intellectual property. Walking you step-by-step through the processes involved in protecting your great ideas, this book offers all the advice you need to ensure that you're the
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Intellectual Property and Human Development

Current Trends and Future Scenarios

Edited by Tzen Wong, Graham Dutfield ...

This book examines the social impact of intellectual property laws. It addresses issues and trends relating to health, food security, education, new technologies, preservation of bio-cultural heritage and contemporary challenges in promoting the arts. It explores how intellectual property frameworks could be better calibrated to meet socio-economic needs in countries at different stages of ... Read more

$43.19 CAD

This book examines the social impact of intellectual property laws. It addresses issues and trends relating to health, food security, education, new technologies, preservation of bio-cultural heritage and contemporary challenges in promoting the arts. It explores how intellectual property frameworks could be better calibrated to meet socio-economic needs in countries at different stages of
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The Copyright Zone

A Legal Guide For Photographers and Artists In The Digital Age

by Jack Reznicki, Edward Greenberg ...

If you license or publish images, this guide is as indispensable as your camera. It provides specific information on the legal rights of photographers, illustrators, artists, covering intellectual property, copyright, and business concerns in an easy-to-read, accessible manner. The Copyright Zone, Second Edition covers: what is and isn’t copyrightable, copyright registration, fair use, model ... Read more

$75.99 CAD

If you license or publish images, this guide is as indispensable as your camera. It provides specific information on the legal rights of photographers, illustrators, artists, covering intellectual property, copyright, and business concerns in an easy-to-read, accessible manner. The Copyright Zone, Second Edition covers: what is and isn’t copyrightable, copyright registration, fair use, model
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Brand Rewired

Connecting Branding, Creativity, and Intellectual Property Strategy

by Anne H. Chasser, Jennifer C. Wolfe ...

Discover how the world's leading companies have added value to their company by rewiring the brand creation processBrand Rewired showcases the world's leading companies in branding and how they have added value to their company by rewiring the brand creation process to intersect strategic thinking about intellectual property without stifling creativity.Features interviews with executives from ... Read more

$38.99 CAD

Discover how the world's leading companies have added value to their company by rewiring the brand creation processBrand Rewired showcases the world's leading companies in branding and how they have added value to their company by rewiring the brand creation process to intersect strategic thinking about intellectual property without stifling creativity.Features interviews with executives from
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From Assets to Profits

Competing for IP Value and Return

by Bruce Berman ...

Series Book 36 - Intellectual Property-General, Law, Accounting & Finance, Management, Licensing, Special Topics
Edited by IP communications expert Bruce Berman, and with contributions from the top names in IP management, investment and consulting, From Assets to Profits: Competing for IP Value and Return provides a real-world look at patents, copyrights, and trademarks, how intellectual property assets work and the subtle and not-so-subtle ways in which they are used for competitive advantage. Authoritative ... Read more

$44.99 CAD

Edited by IP communications expert Bruce Berman, and with contributions from the top names in IP management, investment and consulting, From Assets to Profits: Competing for IP Value and Return provides a real-world look at patents, copyrights, and trademarks, how intellectual property assets work and the subtle and not-so-subtle ways in which they are used for competitive advantage. Authoritative
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The Copyright Wars

Three Centuries of Trans-Atlantic Battle

by Peter Baldwin ...

Today's copyright wars can seem unprecedented. Sparked by the digital revolution that has made copyright—and its violation—a part of everyday life, fights over intellectual property have pitted creators, Hollywood, and governments against consumers, pirates, Silicon Valley, and open-access advocates. But while the digital generation can be forgiven for thinking the dispute between, for example, ... Read more

$32.59 CAD

Today's copyright wars can seem unprecedented. Sparked by the digital revolution that has made copyright—and its violation—a part of everyday life, fights over intellectual property have pitted creators, Hollywood, and governments against consumers, pirates, Silicon Valley, and open-access advocates. But while the digital generation can be forgiven for thinking the dispute between, for example,
... Read more
Profit from Intellectual Property

The Complete Legal Guide to Copyrights, Trademarks, Patents, Permissions, and Licensing Agreements

by James Rogers, Ron Idra ...

Licensing is a multi-billion dollar industry. More people than ever are involved with intellectual property transactions and arrangements in everyday business. Anyone using, selling, transferring, giving, or obtaining permissions to use a product protected by intellectual property law can benefit from this book. It serves as an introduction and guide to reviewing, writing, and negotiating most of ... Read more

$35.99 CAD

Licensing is a multi-billion dollar industry. More people than ever are involved with intellectual property transactions and arrangements in everyday business. Anyone using, selling, transferring, giving, or obtaining permissions to use a product protected by intellectual property law can benefit from this book. It serves as an introduction and guide to reviewing, writing, and negotiating most of
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Valuation and Dealmaking of Technology-Based Intellectual Property

Principles, Methods and Tools

by Richard Razgaitis ...

This indispensable tool provides readers with complete coverage of the issues, methods, and art of valuing and pricing of early-stage technologies including backgrounds in the core concepts, sources of value, methods of valuation, equity realizations, and negotiation strategies. ... Read more

$152.99 CAD

This indispensable tool provides readers with complete coverage of the issues, methods, and art of valuing and pricing of early-stage technologies including backgrounds in the core concepts, sources of value, methods of valuation, equity realizations, and negotiation strategies.
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You Don't Own Me

The Court Battles That Exposed Barbie's Dark Side

by Orly Lobel ...

“A hair-raising account of a Barbie Dreamhouse-size Jarndyce and Jarndyce.”—Jill Lepore, The New YorkerThis provocative work spotlights the legal battles between behemoth Mattel and audacious MGA over incredibly successful toys and the ownership of an idea. Law professor Orly Lobel deeply researched this riveting story, interviewing those involved, to draw attention to the contentious debate over ... Read more

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“A hair-raising account of a Barbie Dreamhouse-size Jarndyce and Jarndyce.”—Jill Lepore, The New YorkerThis provocative work spotlights the legal battles between behemoth Mattel and audacious MGA over incredibly successful toys and the ownership of an idea. Law professor Orly Lobel deeply researched this riveting story, interviewing those involved, to draw attention to the contentious debate over
... Read more
Art and Copyright Law

An Interdisciplinary Study on Interpictoriality

by Giulia Walter ...

Series series Intellectual Property, Theory, Culture
This book tackles the lack of synchronicity between art and copyright law, proposing practical and interdisciplinary tools through which to navigate this conflict.In the last decades, high profile lawsuits have been filed against artists accused of plagiarism including Jeff Koons, Barbara Kruger and Andy Warhol. This book demonstrates how these cases are at odds with contemporary artistic reality, ... Read more

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This book tackles the lack of synchronicity between art and copyright law, proposing practical and interdisciplinary tools through which to navigate this conflict.In the last decades, high profile lawsuits have been filed against artists accused of plagiarism including Jeff Koons, Barbara Kruger and Andy Warhol. This book demonstrates how these cases are at odds with contemporary artistic reality,
... Read more
The Protection of Intellectual Property Rights in Outer Space Activities

by Tosaporn Leepuengtham ...

While outer space itself remains out of reach for most of us, the results of space activities and developments from space technology are becoming increasingly integrated in our daily lives. Recognising the importance of these technologies, this book explores how existing legal protection methods may be enforced if the unauthorised use takes place beyond conventional territorial borders in outer ... Read more

$41.59 CAD

While outer space itself remains out of reach for most of us, the results of space activities and developments from space technology are becoming increasingly integrated in our daily lives. Recognising the importance of these technologies, this book explores how existing legal protection methods may be enforced if the unauthorised use takes place beyond conventional territorial borders in outer
... Read more
Intellectual Privacy

Rethinking Civil Liberties in the Digital Age

by Neil Richards ...

Most people believe that the right to privacy is inherently at odds with the right to free speech. Courts all over the world have struggled with how to reconcile the problems of media gossip with our commitment to free and open public debate for over a century. The rise of the Internet has made this problem more urgent. We live in an age of corporate and government surveillance of our lives. And ... Read more

$20.79 CAD

Most people believe that the right to privacy is inherently at odds with the right to free speech. Courts all over the world have struggled with how to reconcile the problems of media gossip with our commitment to free and open public debate for over a century. The rise of the Internet has made this problem more urgent. We live in an age of corporate and government surveillance of our lives. And
... Read more
The Republic

by Plato ...

Translated by Benjamin Jowett ...

With A to Z Classics, discover or rediscover all the classics of literature.Contains Active Table of Contents (HTML) and in the end of book include a bonus link to the free audiobook.Often ranked as the greatest of Plato's many remarkable writings, this celebrated philosophical work of the fourth century B.C. contemplates the elements of an ideal state, serving as the forerunner for such other ... Read more

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With A to Z Classics, discover or rediscover all the classics of literature.Contains Active Table of Contents (HTML) and in the end of book include a bonus link to the free audiobook.Often ranked as the greatest of Plato's many remarkable writings, this celebrated philosophical work of the fourth century B.C. contemplates the elements of an ideal state, serving as the forerunner for such other
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