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Intellectual Property

Self-Help Books/ Handbooks/Reports

• Bound by law?: tales from the public domain / Keith Aoki, James Boyle, Jennifer Jenkins. Durham, N.C.: Center for the Public Domain, c2006 [paper copy: KF3050.A54 2006]

• The Complete copyright liability handbook for librarians and educators / Tomas A. Lipinski. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, c2006. [KF3080 .L57 2006]

• The Copyright handbook: what every writer needs to know / Stephen Fishman. 9th ed. Berkeley, CA: Nolo, c2006.[KF2995.F53 2006]

• Copyright information circulars and factsheets.  Washington, D.C. U. S. Copyright Office, The Library of Congress.

• Copyright illuminated: refocusing the diffuse U.S. statute / David Nimmer.  The Netherlands: Kluwer Law International BV, c2008. [KF2994.N52 2008]

• Copyright issues in digital media / Nathan Musick. Washington, D.C.: Congress of the United States Congressional Budget Office, c2004.

• Copyright law for librarians and educators: creative strategies and practical solutions / Kenneth Crews.  Chicago, American Library Association, 2006.  [KF2995.C74 2006]

• Distance learning and copyright: a guide to legal issues / Steven A. Armatas.  Chicago, American Bar Association, c2008. [KF3030.1.A955 2008]

• Getting permission: how to license & clear copyrighted materials online & off / Richard Stim. Berkeley, CA, Nolo.com, c2007.
   [KF3024.C6 S75 2007]

• Guide to licensing and acquiring electronic information / Stephen Bosch. Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press, 2005.
  [Z689.A2746 1973 no. 13]

• How to investigate the copyright status of a work. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Copyright Office, 2004. [Federal Document Collection LC 3.4/2:22/2004]

• How to make patent drawings: a patent it yourself companion / by Jack Lo and David Pressman.  5th ed.  Berkeley: Nolo, 2007 [MyiLibrary e-book for walk-in users only]

• Information sources in patents / Stephen R. Adams.  2nd completely new ed. Munchen: K.G. Saur Verlag, c2006. [GIS Ref T210.A33  2006 ]             

• Intellectual property law dictionary / Rachel Gader-Shafran.  New York, N. Y., Law Journal Press, 2004-  to date  [Law Ref  KF2977.5 .G33 2009]

• Intellectual property: patents, trademarks, and copyright in a nutshell / Arthur R. Miller, Michael H. Davis. 4th ed. St. Paul, Minn.: Thompson/West, c2007. [KF2980.M52 2007]

• The Librarian's copyright companion / James S. Heller. Buffalo, N.Y.: W. S. Hein, 2004. [KF2995.H45 2004]  

• The Moral rights of authors / Elizabeth Adeney.  Oxford: Oxford University Press, c2006. [KF3012.A34 2006]

• Nolo's patents for beginners / by David Pressman and Richard Stim.  5th ed. Berkely, CA: Nolo, 2006. [MyiLibrary e-book  for walk in users only]

• Patent basics for the non-specialist, 2008 / co-chairs, Ian N. Feinberg, Marta E. Gross, G. Courtney Holohan.  New York, N.Y.: Practising Law Institute, c2008. [KF3092.P37 no. 931]

• Patent, copyright and trademark / Richard Stim.   9th ed. Berkeley, Calif.: Nolo, 2007 [My i Library e-book  for walk-in users only]

• Patent it yourself /  12th ed. David Pressman. Berkeley, CA: Nolo,c2006. [MyiLibrary e-book for walk-in users only][paper version: Law Reference Collection KF3114.6.P74 2006]  

• Patent pending in 24 hours / by Richard Stim & David Pressman. 4th ed. Berkeley, CA: Nolo, 2007. [MyiLibrary e-book for walk-in users only]

• Patent searching: tools & techniques / David Hunt, Long Nguyen, Matthew Rodgers.  Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. c2007.     [GIS Ref T210.H66 2007]

• Photographers' guide to privacy: what every cameraman, photographer and videographer should know about invasion of privacy / The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. Arlington, VA: The Committee, c2007. [KF1263.U5 P46 2007]

• The Public Domain: how to find copyright-free writings, music, art & more / Stephen Fishman. Berkeley, CA, Nolo.com, 2006.
   [KF3022.Z9 F57 2006]

• Technology and copyright law: a guidebook for the library, research, and teaching professions / Arlene Bielefield and Lawrence Cheeseman. 2nd ed.  New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, 2007.  [KF3030.1.B533 2007  ]

• Trade secrets: a state-by-state survey / Brian M. Malsberger. 3d ed. Chicago: American Bar Association, c2006.  2 vols. [KF3197.Z95 T73 2006]

• Trade secrets: intellectual piracy and the origins of American industrial power / Doron S. Ben-Atar. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2004. [HD38.7 .B455 2004]

• Trademark: legal care for your business & product name / by Stphen Elias & Richard Stim. 8th ed. Berkely, CA: Nolo, 2007. [MyiLibrary e-book for walk-in users only]

• Understanding copyright law, 2008 / E. Leonard Rubin, Catherine C. Spelman, I. Fred Koenigsberg. New York, N.Y.: Practising Law Institute, c2008 [KF3092.P37 no. 938]

• Understanding basic trademark law, 2006. New York, N.Y.: Practising Law Institute, c2006.  [KF3092.P37 no. 870]

• What is a copyright? / Frank H. Andorka, revised by Donna Gies, Eleanor Dailley, Watt Alexander.  2nd ed. rev.  Chicago: American Bar Association, c2006 [KF2995.W43 2006]