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by Kim Staflund ...

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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 ... 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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Why Brand Protection Matters

How to Avoid Costly Mistakes and Increase the Value of Your Business

by L.A. Perkins ...

Unveil the Secrets to Safeguarding Your Business’s FutureWhen time is of the essence, ignorance is not bliss—it’s a liability. Enter L.A. Perkins, an acclaimed brand protection strategist and top-rated intellectual property attorney ready to arm you with the knowledge that could save your business from costly mistakes and legal nightmares.In Why Brand Protection Matters, Perkins distills over 27 ... Read more

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Unveil the Secrets to Safeguarding Your Business’s FutureWhen time is of the essence, ignorance is not bliss—it’s a liability. Enter L.A. Perkins, an acclaimed brand protection strategist and top-rated intellectual property attorney ready to arm you with the knowledge that could save your business from costly mistakes and legal nightmares.In Why Brand Protection Matters, Perkins distills over 27
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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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A Quiet Revolution

Growing Creative Commons in Aotearoa New Zealand

by Creative Commons Aotearoa New Zealand ...

The past few years have seen a quiet, relatively well behaved, and entirely legal revolution in New Zealand Aotearoa: the growth of a thriving Commons of works made available under Creative Commons open copyright licences. A Quiet Revolution tells Kiwi stories as diverse as open source houses, teachers banding together to share resources, government departments making their data available for ... Read more

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The past few years have seen a quiet, relatively well behaved, and entirely legal revolution in New Zealand Aotearoa: the growth of a thriving Commons of works made available under Creative Commons open copyright licences. A Quiet Revolution tells Kiwi stories as diverse as open source houses, teachers banding together to share resources, government departments making their data available for
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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
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Data Cartels

The Companies That Control and Monopolize Our Information

by Sarah Lamdan ...

In our digital world, data is power. Information hoarding businesses reign supreme, using intimidation, aggression, and force to maintain influence and control. Sarah Lamdan brings us into the unregulated underworld of these "data cartels", demonstrating how the entities mining, commodifying, and selling our data and informational resources perpetuate social inequalities and threaten the ... Read more

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In our digital world, data is power. Information hoarding businesses reign supreme, using intimidation, aggression, and force to maintain influence and control. Sarah Lamdan brings us into the unregulated underworld of these "data cartels", demonstrating how the entities mining, commodifying, and selling our data and informational resources perpetuate social inequalities and threaten the
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Entrepreneur's Guide To Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks, Trade Secrets

by Gilbert Guide ...

Today, virtually all companies, artists, and innovators run the risk of losing their competititve edge-and big money-by not adequately safeguarding their intellectual property. Written by an expert in intellectual property law, this is the first book to address the full range of legal protections available-patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, and licensing-with innovative information ... Read more

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Today, virtually all companies, artists, and innovators run the risk of losing their competititve edge-and big money-by not adequately safeguarding their intellectual property. Written by an expert in intellectual property law, this is the first book to address the full range of legal protections available-patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, and licensing-with innovative information
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The Tech Contracts Handbook

Cloud Computing Agreements, Software Licenses, and Other IT Contracts for Lawyers and Businesspeople, Third Edition

by David W. Tollen ...

Written in a clear, plain-English style and updated and expanded for an everchanging world, The Tech Contracts Handbook is a complete resource for lawyers, contract managers, and anyone responsible for getting IT deals done.Author David W. Tollen, one of the industry's leading authorities on technology contracts, took on the challenge to create a reference manual and training guide that covers ... Read more

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Written in a clear, plain-English style and updated and expanded for an everchanging world, The Tech Contracts Handbook is a complete resource for lawyers, contract managers, and anyone responsible for getting IT deals done.Author David W. Tollen, one of the industry's leading authorities on technology contracts, took on the challenge to create a reference manual and training guide that covers
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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

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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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Marcas y distribución comercial

by Eduardo Galán Corona, Fernando Carbajo Cascón ...

EL BINOMIO marcas y distribución comercial constituye uno de los pilares fundamentales del llamado Derecho de la Distribución Comercial. En una situación de mercados globalizados y de fuerte competencia los contratos de distribución permiten a los fabricantes o proveedores la creación de redes de distribuidores para facilitar la comercialización uniforme de sus prestaciones, potenciando su imagen ... Read more

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EL BINOMIO marcas y distribución comercial constituye uno de los pilares fundamentales del llamado Derecho de la Distribución Comercial. En una situación de mercados globalizados y de fuerte competencia los contratos de distribución permiten a los fabricantes o proveedores la creación de redes de distribuidores para facilitar la comercialización uniforme de sus prestaciones, potenciando su imagen
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La protección jurídica de los derechos de autor de los creadores de videojuegos

'Statu quo', perspectivas y desafios

by Francisco Javier Donaire Villa, Antonio José Planells de la Maza ...

Series series Arte y Derecho
Los videojuegos se han consolidado como la industria cultural con mayor previsión de crecimiento, por encima de la suma de la industria cinematográfica y discográfica, siendo España el cuarto mercado de software de ocio interactivo en Europa, y el sexto del mundo. Este libro efectúa un estudio actualizado acerca del papel que juega la regulación de la propiedad intelectual en el singular haz de ... Read more

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Los videojuegos se han consolidado como la industria cultural con mayor previsión de crecimiento, por encima de la suma de la industria cinematográfica y discográfica, siendo España el cuarto mercado de software de ocio interactivo en Europa, y el sexto del mundo. Este libro efectúa un estudio actualizado acerca del papel que juega la regulación de la propiedad intelectual en el singular haz de
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Biocultural Rights, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities

Protecting Culture and the Environment

Edited by Fabien Girard, Ingrid Hall, Christine Frison ...

Series series Routledge Explorations in Environmental Studies
This volume presents a comprehensive overview of biocultural rights, examining how we can promote the role of indigenous peoples and local communities as environmental stewards and how we can ensure that their ways of life are protected.With Biocultural Community Protocols (BCPs) or Community Protocols (CPs) being increasingly seen as a powerful way of tackling this immense challenge, this book ... Read more

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This volume presents a comprehensive overview of biocultural rights, examining how we can promote the role of indigenous peoples and local communities as environmental stewards and how we can ensure that their ways of life are protected.With Biocultural Community Protocols (BCPs) or Community Protocols (CPs) being increasingly seen as a powerful way of tackling this immense challenge, this book
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Without Copyrights: Piracy, Publishing, and the Public Domain

Piracy, Publishing, and the Public Domain

by Robert Spoo ...

Series series Modernist Literature and Culture
The names of James Joyce and Ezra Pound ring out in the annals of literary modernism, but few recognize the name of Samuel Roth. A brash, business-savvy entrepreneur, Roth made a name--and a profit--for himself as the founding editor and owner of magazines that published selections from foreign writings--especially the risque parts--without permission. When he reprinted segments of James Joyce's ... Read more

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The names of James Joyce and Ezra Pound ring out in the annals of literary modernism, but few recognize the name of Samuel Roth. A brash, business-savvy entrepreneur, Roth made a name--and a profit--for himself as the founding editor and owner of magazines that published selections from foreign writings--especially the risque parts--without permission. When he reprinted segments of James Joyce's
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The Oxford Introductions to U.S. Law

Intellectual Property

by Dan Hunter ...

Series series Oxford Introductions to U.S. Law
In The Oxford Introductions to U.S. Law: Intellectual Property, prominent intellectual property scholar Dan Hunter provides a precise, engaging overview and careful analysis of current laws of intellectual property and their history. Hunter first focuses on the central areas of intellectual property law, including copyright, patent, trademark, and trade secrets. He then explores the politics, ... Read more

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In The Oxford Introductions to U.S. Law: Intellectual Property, prominent intellectual property scholar Dan Hunter provides a precise, engaging overview and careful analysis of current laws of intellectual property and their history. Hunter first focuses on the central areas of intellectual property law, including copyright, patent, trademark, and trade secrets. He then explores the politics,
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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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The Right to Repair

Reclaiming the Things We Own

by Aaron Perzanowski ...

In recent decades, companies around the world have deployed an arsenal of tools - including IP law, hardware design, software restrictions, pricing strategies, and marketing messages - to prevent consumers from fixing the things they own. While this strategy has enriched companies almost beyond measure, it has taken billions of dollars out of the pockets of consumers and imposed massive ... Read more

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In recent decades, companies around the world have deployed an arsenal of tools - including IP law, hardware design, software restrictions, pricing strategies, and marketing messages - to prevent consumers from fixing the things they own. While this strategy has enriched companies almost beyond measure, it has taken billions of dollars out of the pockets of consumers and imposed massive
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Taking Liberties

The War on Terror and the Erosion of American Democracy

by Susan N. Herman ...

In this eye-opening work, the president of the ACLU takes a hard look at the human and social costs of the War on Terror. A decade after 9/11, it is far from clear that the government's hastily adopted antiterrorist tactics--such as the Patriot Act--are keeping us safe, but it is increasingly clear that these emergency measures in fact have the potential to ravage our lives--and have already done ... Read more

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In this eye-opening work, the president of the ACLU takes a hard look at the human and social costs of the War on Terror. A decade after 9/11, it is far from clear that the government's hastily adopted antiterrorist tactics--such as the Patriot Act--are keeping us safe, but it is increasingly clear that these emergency measures in fact have the potential to ravage our lives--and have already done
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Derecho de autor, nuevas tecnologias, cambios legales y mas cultura para todos

by Anna Mancini ...

La manera en que vemos a los autores, los libros y al mercado editorial, está fuertemente marcada por la historia. La tecnología ha evolucionado mucho más rápido que nuestras mentalidades. Las leyes de derechos de autor alrededor del mundo fueron creadas para los libros impresos, vendidos en territorios domésticos y no son adecuadas para el mundo virtual, donde los libros son intangibles y ... Read more

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La manera en que vemos a los autores, los libros y al mercado editorial, está fuertemente marcada por la historia. La tecnología ha evolucionado mucho más rápido que nuestras mentalidades. Las leyes de derechos de autor alrededor del mundo fueron creadas para los libros impresos, vendidos en territorios domésticos y no son adecuadas para el mundo virtual, donde los libros son intangibles y
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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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The Color of Creatorship

Intellectual Property, Race, and the Making of Americans

by Anjali Vats ...

The Color of Creatorship examines how copyright, trademark, and patent discourses work together to form American ideals around race, citizenship, and property.Working through key moments in intellectual property history since 1790, Anjali Vats reveals that even as they have seemingly evolved, American understandings of who is a creator and who is an infringer have remained remarkably racially ... Read more

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The Color of Creatorship examines how copyright, trademark, and patent discourses work together to form American ideals around race, citizenship, and property.Working through key moments in intellectual property history since 1790, Anjali Vats reveals that even as they have seemingly evolved, American understandings of who is a creator and who is an infringer have remained remarkably racially
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Runaway Technology

Can Law Keep Up?

by Joshua A. T. Fairfield ...

In an era of corporate surveillance, artificial intelligence, deep fakes, genetic modification, automation, and more, law often seems to take a back seat to rampant technological change. To listen to Silicon Valley barons, there's nothing any of us can do about it. In this riveting work, Joshua A. T. Fairfield calls their bluff. He provides a fresh look at law, at what it actually is, how it works ... Read more

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In an era of corporate surveillance, artificial intelligence, deep fakes, genetic modification, automation, and more, law often seems to take a back seat to rampant technological change. To listen to Silicon Valley barons, there's nothing any of us can do about it. In this riveting work, Joshua A. T. Fairfield calls their bluff. He provides a fresh look at law, at what it actually is, how it works
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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

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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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Creativity without Law

Challenging the Assumptions of Intellectual Property

Edited by Kate Darling, Aaron Perzanowski ...

Behind the scenes of the many artists and innovators flourishing beyond the bounds of intellectual property lawsIntellectual property law, or IP law, is based on certain assumptions about creative behavior. The case for regulation assumes that creators have a fundamental legal right to prevent copying, and without this right they will under-invest in new work. But this premise fails to fully ... Read more

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Behind the scenes of the many artists and innovators flourishing beyond the bounds of intellectual property lawsIntellectual property law, or IP law, is based on certain assumptions about creative behavior. The case for regulation assumes that creators have a fundamental legal right to prevent copying, and without this right they will under-invest in new work. But this premise fails to fully
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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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