Information Property

Information Property is a textbook for a survey course in intellectual property law that emphasizes conceptual clarity and the structural unity of IP law. It provides a rigorous, systematic treatment of the way in which every IP field is characterized by its own distinctive versions of the same common concerns: the subject matter it protects, the source of ownership over particular material, the procedures required to secure protection, the zone of similarity around the plaintiff's information that it protects, the type of prohibited conduct that constitutes infringement, the conduct that can lead to secondary liability, and its significant defenses. In addition to the standard subfields—patent, copyright, and trademark—Information Property includes comparative coverage of trade secret, false advertising, right of publicity, and design patent. Extensive illustrations make the issues visually apparent, and numerous problems enable readers and students to deepen their understanding by applying important IP concepts to solve real-world problems. Extensively student-tested, Intellectual Property has been used for over a decade.