Detailed analysis and clear answers in an easy-to-use format.A companion volume to the comprehensive state-by-state surveys Covenants Not to Compete,Trade Secrets,and Employee Duty of Loyalty which explore and analyze suits by employers or former employers against employees or former employees,Tortious Interference in the Employment Context A State-by-State Survey, Second Edition examines business-versus-business suits,as well as suits brought by former employees against their former employers. The most timely and complete desk reference for IP attorneys. Patent,Trademark,and Copyright Laws includes Title 35 (Patents), Title 17 (Copyrights), and Chapters 22 and 63 of Title 15 (Trademarks and Technology Innovation) of the United States Code. It also includes miscellaneous sections of the United States Code and other laws relating to intellectual property. Get the latest legislative developments affecting U.S. intellectual property law with the 2008 Edition.Patent,Trademark,and Copyright Laws,2008 Edition includes those provisions of the America Competes Act (Public Law 110-69),signed into law August 9,2007,that amend the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980. It also includes the new patent fees,as promulgated by the United States Patent and Trademark Office,effective September 30, 007. The 2008 edition reflects all statutory changes enacted through November 15, 2007.Updated CD-ROM!Included with the 2008 Edition is a updated CD-ROM that contains the entire text of the book in Microsoft® Word* for easy searching and cutting-and-pasting. The CD-ROM also contains the text of the Patent Reform Act of 2007 (S. 1145;H.R. 1908), as well as the section-by-section analysis prepared by House and Senate staff.The text of the Paris and Berne Conventions has been added to the CD-ROM.

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