Help your clients protect their intellectual property assets with this valuable handbook that covers copyrights, patents, trademarks, and trade secrets. Chapter topics include business method patents, cybercrimes, jurisdiction in the information age, enforcement and defenses in trademark law, copyright infringement, misappropriation of trade secrets, and software and online licensing. The Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016, Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, Economic Espionage Act, Illinois Trade Secrets Act, and Alice Corporation Pty. Ltd. v. CLS Bank International and its effect on subject-matter eligibility are also extensively covered. The handbook includes sample forms, checklists, an Alice abstract idea flowchart, and language provisions, including a hybrid browsewrap and clickwrap agreement for a streaming multimedia service provider, a cease-and-desist letter, and invention disclosure form as well as a Checklist for Business Method Invention in the United States and a Checklist for an Effective Intellectual Property Plan.
R. Mark Halligan, FisherBroyles, LLP,Chicago, General Editor
Chapter 1 — Patenting Inventions
Marc V. Richards and Adam D. Sussman, Brinks Gilson & Lione,Chicago
Chapter 2 — Litigating U.S. Patent Rights in a Changing Landscape
Paul R. Kitch and Allyson M. Martin, Greer, Burns & Crain, LTD., Chicago
Chapter 3 — Patent Antitrust, Misuse, Exhaustion, and Inequitable Conduct
Glen P. Belvis, Belvis Law, LLC, Chicago
Chapter 4 — The Attorney-Client Privilege and the Work-Product Immunity Doctrine
Glen P. Belvis, Belvis Law, LLC, Chicago
Chapter 5 — Ownership and Management of Patent Rights
John S. Paniaguas, Clark Hill PLC,Chicago
Chapter 6 — Creation and Maintenance of Trademark Rights
Bradley L. Cohn, Pattishall, McAuliffe, Newbury, Hilliard & Geraldson LLP,Chicago
Chapter 7 — Transfer or Loss of Trademark Rights
Bradley L. Cohn, Pattishall, McAuliffe, Newbury, Hilliard & Geraldson LLP,Chicago
Chapter 8 — Enforcement, Remedies, and Defenses in Trademark and Unfair Competition Law
Bradley L. Cohn, Pattishall, McAuliffe, Newbury, Hilliard & Geraldson LLP,Chicago
Chapter 9 — Copyright Subject Matter and Exclusive Rights
William T. McGrath, Davis McGrath LLC,and Steven L. Wiser, DePaul University College of Law,Chicago
Chapter 10 — Ownership and Transfer of Copyrights
Richard C. Balough, Balough Law Offices, LLC,Chicago
Chapter 11 — Copyright Infringement, Fair Use, and Remedies
William T. McGrath, Davis McGrath LLC,Chicago
Chapter 12 — The Identification and Protection of Trade Secrets
R. Mark Halligan, FisherBroyles, LLP,Chicago
Chapter 13 — Misappropriation of Trade Secrets
Steven E. Feldman and Sherry L. Rollo, Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP,Chicago
Chapter 14 — Trade Secret Remedies and the Inevitable Disclosure Doctrine
Linda K. Stevens, Smith O’Callaghan & White, and Brenna M. Woodley, Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP, Chicago
Chapter 15 — Restrictive Covenants and Post-Employment Restraints
Daniel F. Lanciloti,Freeborn & Peters LLP, and Michael R. Levinson, Seyfarth Shaw LLP,Chicago
Chapter 16 — Jurisdiction in the Information Age
Matthew F. Prewitt, Schiff Hardin LLP,Chicago
Chapter 17 — Licensing Online
Martin B. Robins, FisherBroyles, LLP,Chicago
Chapter 18 — Business Method Patents
Timothy W. Lohse and Blake W. Jackson, DLA Piper LLP (US),East Palo Alto, CA
Chapter 19 — Software Licensing
John L. Hines, Jr., Clark Hill PLC,Chicago
Chapter 20 — Cybercrime, Digital Evidence, and Your Intellectual Property Practice
Keith G. Chval, Protek International,Willowbrook
Chapter 21 — Protecting Intellectual Property in the Global Marketplace
R. Mark Halligan, FisherBroyles, LLP,Chicago