Patents, Copyrights & Trademarks for Dummies

by Henri Charmasson, John Buchaca, John Buchaca

Book Overview

Having the great idea, creating the magnificent work of art, or coming up with the next fad is only the first step to cashing in on your creativity and hard work. Next up is protecting your intellectual property. This book is for anyone who is intrigued by those three not-so-little words: patents, copyrights, and trademarks. That means you, if You think you might be the next Thomas Edison or maybe another J.K. Rowling Your company has recently developed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764525514
• ISBN13: 9780764525513
• Release Date: February 2004
• Publisher: For Dummies
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.2" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

Very Dissatisfied Customer!!!!!!!

The process of cancelling an order from this company is the worst I have ever seen in my history of internet shopping!!!! No more then 6 hours went by from the moment I hit SEND "the order" until the attempt to CANCEL was implemented thru a cancellation e mail as well as the company's CANCELLATION directions. I was ordering a book titled Anger Management for Dummies. When I got my "we have received your order" e mail, the book they say I ordered was " Patents, Copywrites and Trademarks for Dummies. They were sending a completely different book, yet, they refused to CANCEL. TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE CUSTOMER SERVICE!!!

A Must Have!

I have the book To Market To Market: Where to Sell or License Your Ideas, Products, and Inventions, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks for Dummies is a plus to have with it if you desire to or need to patent the ideas you are submitting for sale or license. Highly recommended!

I wish I had read this years ago

If you are in business for yourself, this is one book you definitely want to get. Knowing what you can and can't do in terms of protecting your identity, or not infringing on someone elses, goes a long way to prevent you from investing a lot of time building a reputation around a name, only to have to change it midstream. Beyond that, developing a name you can trademark is one of the ways you can create a "monopoly" in a certain area. Sure others can compete in the same type of business, buy hey, the alphabet and dictionary are limited; there are only so many options available to perfectly describe what it is that you are trying to do. Sometimes there is just one best word that describes it. Why not search for one of those best words when you are dreaming up your next venture. You also want to know how to search to determine if anyone else is already using it in one of the other states. This book shows you how to do that search. I do not have any products that need patenting, but the copyright and trademark sections were well written, and worth 20 times the price of the book. Highly recommended.

Patents, Copyrights & Trademarks for Dummies

I applied for a US Federal Trademark on July 13th and besides putting the (c) on my name and art work... I never thought much about sending in anything to the Copyright office in D.C. End of August a check company contacted me to license my artwork for their checks and address labels... this I knew was big but I needed extra help. A friend suggested this book, I ordered it immediately and wow... it is so super easy to comprehend. I absolutely now swear by this book I've nicknamed the "Artist's Bible." I have found all the tips, etc about copyrighting my art AND about trademark issues extremely valuable. I have actually ear marked several pages so I can go back to that as a reference quickly. And it's also important to have an attorney to fall back on which I do. But yes I highly recommend this book for any artist serious enough to get their work copyrighted or even getting their company name trademarked like me.

Great Resource

When I received this book I was blown away by how much useful information it contained. It was easy to read and understand, has quick references that pertain to your subject or you can skip to something more applicable, and was filled with up-to-date information on how to obtain a patent. A great resource!

Great entry-level book

I'm in legal with an IP background and this book is a great IP primer - I was pleasantly surprised by the depth. 'Dummies' is a misnomer as it provides entry-level to intermediate coverage.