The librarian's guide to intellectual property in the digital age : copyrights, patents, and trademarks /
This volume is a guide to intellectual property. Under intellectual property law, owners are granted certain exclusive rights to a variety of intangible assets, such as musical, literary, and artistic works; discoveries and inventions; and words, phrases, symbols, and designs. This work includes an...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
American Library Association,
2002.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | This volume is a guide to intellectual property. Under intellectual property law, owners are granted certain exclusive rights to a variety of intangible assets, such as musical, literary, and artistic works; discoveries and inventions; and words, phrases, symbols, and designs. This work includes an introduction to the basics of copyrights, patents, and trademarks and written especially to serve the needs and questions of librarians. The issue of what constitutes fair use, modern-day disputes over file swapping services such as Napster, common misconceptions about patent, among many other topics, is presented in easy-to-understand terms. |
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Notas: | Includes index. |
Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 170 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 158-162) and index. |
ISBN: | 0838999204 9780838999202 9780838908259 083890825X |