Intellectual Property

Richard Stim, JD, is a practicing attorney and adjunct professor at San Francisco State University's paralegal program and an instructor of Intellectual Property Law for the Consortium for Advance Legal Education. He is the author of several legal texts on topics such as copyright law, music law, patents, and licensing inventions.

Chapter 1: Intellectual Property: An Introduction. Chapter 2: Principles of Copyrights. Chapter 3: Copyrights: Rights and Limitations. Chapter 4: Copyright Ownership. Chapter 5: Copyright Formalities and Registration. Chapter 6: Copyright Disputes and International Copyright Law. Chapter 7: Trade Secrets. Chapter 8: Principles of Trademarks. Chapter 9: Trademarks: Selection, Evaluation and Registration. Chapter 10: Trademark Administration, Protection and International Law. Chapter 11: Patents: Rights and Limitations. Chapter 12: Patents: Searching, Applications, Disputes and International Law. Appendix A: Table of Contents Copyright Office Circulars and Announcements. Appendix B: Copyright Search Report. Appendix C: Copyright Forms. Appendix D: Trade Secrets. Appendix E: Trademark Search Report. Appendix F: Trademarks. Appendix G: Patent Directory Libraries. Appendix H: Resources. Glossary. Index.