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Legal Protection of Software - Patents and Trade-marks

This compact guidebook is the latest edition in the Information Technology Law series and is necessary reading for anyone in the business of protecting, creating or writing software, or anyone who represents those who do.
by Christopher C. Van Barr (Author) , Sunny Handa (Author)
Publisher: LexisNexis Canada
Publication Language: English
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$140.00
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Softcover | 240 pages

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Published: January 31, 2012
ISBN/ISSN: 9780433443384
Publisher: LexisNexis Canada

Product description

This compact guidebook is the latest edition in the Information Technology Law series by veteran information technology legal expert Dr. Sunny Handa (this edition co-authored with Christopher C. Van Barr). Patents and trade-marks, as they relate to software, constitute an increasingly important area of law, and it is rare to find a book that delves so deeply and thoroughly into this subject. Written in plain English, with legal concepts and phrases clearly explained, this book is necessary reading for anyone in the business of protecting, creating or writing software, or anyone who represents those who do.

Book Features

  • Provides a unique synthesis of two areas of IP law - patents and trade-marks - as they apply to software protection
  • Discusses a myriad of issues involved in patenting or trademarking software, both in Canada and internationally (the U.S., U.K., Europe and Japan)
  • Provides a thorough analysis of the statutory framework, case law, and application of international conventions and treaties, as they relate to trade-marks and patents for software

Benefits for the Reader

  • Affordable, easy to carry and read, with numerous headlines for quick reference
  • Written in a clear and concise manner -- the law and legal principles are plainly stated and the authors refrain from wordy and esoteric discussions of the law that can be confusing to non-legal readers
  • Many of the concepts and principles discussed in the book can be applied to real-life problems business owners face as they try to protect their software IP

Who Should Buy This Book?

  • Lawyers - Legal practitioners will find that this book serves as a useful guide, whenever their clients face IP issues pertaining to their software
  • In-house Counsel - This guidebook is a must-have for any corporate counsel looking to protect the IP interests of their company's software products
  • Software Business Owners - This book is easy to read, and is easily understood by non-legal business people
  • Patents and Trademark Agents - This book delivers an in-depth study of pertinent trade-mark and patent issues concerning software. A necessary reference source for any patent and trade-mark agent dealing with software
 

Featured Authors

Christopher C. Van Barr
Sunny Handa

Christopher C. Van Barr

Christopher Van Barr is a partner and co-chair of Gowlings' IP Litigation National Practice Group. Chris is ranked as a leading Intellectual Property litigator by some of the foremost international and national directories including Lexpert, Chambers Global, and IAM 250 – the World's Leading Patent Litigators. He has significant expertise in patent, trade-mark, copyright and trade secret litigation as well as expertise in computer anti-piracy litigation. Chris acts on behalf of software, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, and information technology clients and has appeared as lead trial counsel and appeal counsel on numerous cases before the Federal and Provincial Courts. A registered patent agent since 2000, Chris has also accumulated considerable expertise in advising clients on the commercial management of intellectual property including patent life cycle management. Chris is a former adjunct professor of law at the University of Ottawa's Faculty of Law where he taught patent law.

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Sunny Handa

Dr. Sunny Handa, B. Comm., LL.B., LL.M., D.C.L., is a partner and practice group leader of Blake Cassels & Graydon LLP’s Technology Group and Communications Group. Sunny represents clients dealing with technology and communications (telecommunications, broadcasting and radiocommunication) issues and advises clients on related corporate/commercial transactions. He has a substantial practice in mergers and acquisitions and has worked on a number of Canada’s largest transactions in the communications field. Sunny is one of Canada’s best known technology lawyers and is consistently ranked as a leading lawyer by many legal ranking organizations.

Sunny is an adjunct professor of law at McGill University and currently teaches communications regulatory law; he has taught complex legal transactions (advanced corporate law), information technology law, copyright and trademark theory, copyright and information technology law, and mergers and acquisitions law over the past 30 years. Sunny has published widely in legal literature and has also authored and co-authored a number of books on information technology, communications law, copyright law and business; a number of his writings have been quoted with approval or cited by many Canadian courts, including the Supreme Court of Canada.

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Table of contents

Table Of Contents
Preface
Table Of Contents 
Section I: Patents 
Chapter 1 – Background
Chapter 2 – Patent Law In Canada
Chapter 3 – Software
Chapter 4 – Software Patents
Chapter 5 – Software Patents In Canada
Chapter 6 – Software Patents In The United States
Chapter 7 – Software Patents In Europe
Chapter 8 – Software Patents In The United Kingdom 
Chapter 9 – Software Patents In Japan
Chapter 10 – Unique Issues Related To Software Patent
Chapter 11 – Business Method Patents 
Section II: Trade-Marks 
Chapter 12 – The Basics Of Trade-Marks 
Chapter 13 – Applying Trade-Mark Law To Software
 

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