Patents trademarks

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 37, Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1985—1995. 

J. M. Samuels, Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Eaws, 1993 ed.. Bureau of National Affairs, Washington, D.C., 1993. 

Bureau of National Affaks, U.S. Patents Quarterly, Washington, D.C. This weekly pubHcation contains decisions of the courts and Patent and Trademark Office ki patent, trademark, and copyright cases. 

For purposes of tracking statistics on database classes, several subclasses for word-oriented and number-oriented databases have been estabhshed. Word-oriented databases can be subdivided into bibhographic, patent/trademark, directory, dictionary, full-text, and other categories. The first pubHcly... 

In 1985 patent/trademark information was included as part of bibhographic. 

The term trade secret is well understood by U.S. courts and is a legal term. In general, the U.S. courts have strongly upheld the protection of company- or individual-owned trade secrets. Cases against ex-employees or others who have obtained trade secrets by stealth are relatively easy to prosecute (compared to patent, trademark, or copyright infringement cases). 

Lassagne, T. H., Analysis and Critique of Moss Bill, HR. 15512, 91st Congress, Report to Committee 106, Inventors, of the Section of Patent, Trademark Copyright Law of the American Bar Association (1970). 

Neumeyer, F., The Law of Employed Inventors in Europe, Study for Subcommittee on Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights of the Committee on the Judiciary, U. S. Senate, Study No. 30 (1962). 

Amortization is the ratable deduction for the cost of an intangible property over its useful hfe, perhaps a 15-year life, via straight-hne calculations. An example of an intangible property is a franchise, patent, trademark, etc. Two IRS pubhcations. Form 4562 and Publication 535 (1999), established the regulations regarding amortization. 

Machlup, F. 1958. Am Economic Review of the Patent System Study of the Subcommittee on Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights of the Committee of the Judiciary, US Senate, 85 Congress, 2 Session, Study Number 15, Washington, DC US Government Printing Office. 

Data from the United States Patent Trademark Office as summarized in Ref. 11. 

Intangible assets such as patents, trademarks, goodwill, etc. 

U. S. Patents Quarterly, decisions of the Patent Office and courts in patent, trademark, and copyright cases, weekly advance sheets, bound in quarterly volumes, Vol. 1, 1929... 

Brooks-Wilson AR, Buckler A, Cardon L, et al Asthma related genes. US Patent Trademark Office 6,087,485. South San Francisco, AxyS Pharmaceuticals, 2000. (NC)... 

Assets are economic resources that are owned by the firm and are expected to benefit future operations. Assets are items of value and may be tangible (equipment, buildings, furniture, etc.). Or, assets may be intangible (franchises, patents, trademarks, etc.). 

Intellectual property is the branch of law that protects and, indeed, encourages the creation of certain products of the human mind or intellect. This chapter is intended to provide a basic understanding and appreciation of intellectual property law, especially as it relates to patents, trademarks, and trade secrets, in the United States and, to a lesser extent, in the remainder of the world (1).Issues and concerns particularly related to the drug discovery and development process are emphasized. 

F or following up on specific points, more detail is available in several excellent treatises devoted to intellectual property. See, e.g., D. Chi-sum, Patents (1990) I. P. Cooper, Biotechnology and the Law (2001) J. Rosenstock, The Law of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Invention (1993) M. Adelman, Patent Law Perspectives (2001) K. Burchfiel, Biotechnology and the Federal Circuit (1995) P. Rosenberg, Patent Law Fundamentals (1989) S. Ladas, Patents, Trademarks and Related Rights National and International Protection (1975) ... 

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