Product Description

This book will be a valuable resource to practicing paralegals for whom is it critical to have a sound working knowledge of intellectual law. The many practical forms, agreements, checklists, case summaries, and charts illustrate the principals presented, promoting a clear understanding of the four major areas of intellectual property law-trademarks, copyrights, patents, and unfair competition. Discussions of each field conclude with a section on the new and emerging issues in that field and then an overview of international applications, including the methods by which intellectual property can be protected in other countries. On-line Companion for this text includes Appendices A-E, chapter summaries, trivia, and Internet resources.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #500193 in Books
• Published on: 2004-07-06
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 470 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.