Product Description

Intellectual Property Law, third edition is a thorough guide to the four fields of intellectual property law; trademarks, copyrights, patents, and trade secrets. The comprehensive overviews of each field are complemented by sample agreements, checklists, and other practical guides throughout the book. Each chapter contains updated case studies, and engaging trivia to engage students and provide real world insight into the field of intellectual property law. The third edition now features invaluable resources that students will refer to throughout their careers, such as useful Intellectual Property websites, internet research questions, information on emerging issues in the field, and an "Ethics Edge" section that relates to ethical issues raised in the chapter.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #93647 in Books
• Published on: 2008-03-06
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 480 pages

About the Author
Deborah E. Bouchoux, J.D., is an adjunct faculty member at Georgetown University’s Paralegal Studies Program where she teaches a variety of topics and serves on the Program’s Advisory Board. She is a summa cum laude graduate of Santa Clara University School of Law and a member of the State Bar of California (inactive) and District of Columbia Bar (active). She has taught in a number of paralegal programs, including the University of San Diego's Paralegal Program and the Paralegal Studies Program at George Washington University. She is the author of nine textbooks in the paralegal field and several articles in national and local paralegal publications. She may be reached at bouchoud@georgetown.edu.

Customer Reviews

Good Intro at a Steep Price
OK, it covers the basics in a fairly easy-to-read format and moves right along. It is a well-designed, reader-friendly book, but a bit repetitive. The same statements appear in the intro, in the middle, and in the end summary of each chapter.

I take off one star simply for cost. No way is this intro-level material worth over 100 bucks. This is a $20 book in gold plating.

Another star off for quite a number of spelling errors and other typos and goofs (repeated sentence/para fragment, etc.) that should have been caught in proofreading. Hard to believe these are still being carried along in the THIRD EDITION. These little glitches don't interfere with the usefulness of the book, but given the price, they owe us a PERFECTLY PROOFED text. Everybody else gets it right--why can't this team? And, a working paralegal who made these types of errors could be fired. It's ironic and silly for the book to contain such goofs.

Great book
I got this book when I first started working as a paralegal for a patent attorney. It gave me a great understanding of Intellectual Property. Great to learn the basics, of course there was more to learn on the job.

An Excellent Introductory Text on IP Law For Paralegals
I was assigned this book in my introductory Intellectual Property class during my paralegal curriculum, and it provided me with a very thorough grounding.

Most intellectual property law books are written for lawyers, so it was helpful to have a book designed for paralegals.

I have recommended it to the Association for Intellectual Property Paralegals (AOIPP), and it is listed on their "IP Books" page at: http://aoipp.org/ip-books/

I would recommend this book as the introductory text for a paralegal who is completely new to IP law, and Richard Stim's "Intellectual Property: Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights" as a more advanced text for paralegals. I would not have understood many sections of the Stim text without having read the Bouchoux text first.