This powerhouse handbook equips attorneys with the knowledge to protect clients’ copyrights, patents, trademarks, and trade secrets. 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. This 2024 edition includes a new chapter about artificial intelligence (AI) to help answer clients’ questions about the uses of these technologies. The Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016, Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, the Economic Espionage Act, the Illinois Trade Secrets Act, and Alice Corporation Pty. Ltd. v. CLS Bank International along with its effect on subject-matter eligibility are also extensively covered. Sample forms, checklists, an “Alice” abstract idea flowchart, language provisions including a hybrid browsewrap and clickwrap agreement for a streaming multimedia service provider, a cease-and-desist letter, an invention disclosure form, a checklist for business method invention in the United States, and a checklist for an effective intellectual property plan are also found inside.
General Editor:
R. Mark Halligan, FisherBroyles, LLP, Chicago
Chapter 1 — Patenting Inventions
Marc V. Richards and Adam D. Sussman, Crowell & Moring LLP, 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
Steven L. Wiser, DePaul University College of Law, 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
Brenna M. Woodley and Chris Schaffer, Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP, Chicago
Chapter 15 — Restrictive Covenants and Post-Employment Restraints
Daniel F. Lanciloti and Jonathan Crook, Fisher & Phillips LLP, Chicago
Chapter 16 — Personal Jurisdiction in the Information Age
Matthew F. Prewitt and Michelle R. Bowling, ArentFox Schiff LLP, Chicago
Chapter 17 — Licensing Online
R. Mark Halligan, FisherBroyles, LLP, Chicago
Chapter 18 — Business Method Patents
Timothy W. Lohse, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, Redwood City, 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, Inc., Willowbrook
Chapter 21 — Protecting Intellectual Property in the Global Marketplace
R. Mark Halligan, FisherBroyles, LLP, Chicago
Chapter 22 — Artificial Intelligence — Pragmatic Strategies to Protect Value and Address Fallout
Glen P. Belvis, Belvis Law, LLC, Chicago
