Essential Guide to Intellectual Property

Intellectual property is one of the most confusing yet most widely used aspects of the law. From granting exclusive rights to publish, manufacture, copy, or distribute information and technology to the new IP laws that shape our cultures, our industries and politics in countless ways, intellectual property within our society has consequences for everyone - including artists, inventors, entrepreneurs, and citizens at large. In this accessible and engaging book, The Essential Guide to Intellectual Property will help you understand exactly what is at stake with ongoing copyright laws and court cases. With an in-depth analysis of current events with special notes given to past laws and how those have shaped us, this book is the deep-dive we all need in these times when our life's work can be overturned in a single moment by companies who want to claim the credit - and cash - for themselves.

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