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TABLE OF CONTENTS

A. BASIC DEFINITIONS OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

1. Introduction

2. Patents

a. The Nature of Patent Protection

i. Utility Patents

ii. Design Patents

iii. Plant Patents

b. Requirements for Patentability

3. Trade Secrets

a. Characteristics of Trade Secrets

b. Requirements for a Trade Secret

4. Copyrights

a. The Nature of Copyright Protection

b. Qualifications for Copyright

5. Source Identification

a. Trademarks and Service Marks

b. Trade Names

c. Trade Dress

6. Intellectual Property in a Business

a. Patent Rights

b. Trade Secrets

c. Copyrights

d. Trademarks, etc.

B. PROCEDURAL MATTERS IN ESTABLISHING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

1. Patents

a. Maintaining Proper Invention Records

b. Preventing the Loss of Patent Rights

c. Determination of Patentability

d. The Patent Application Process

2. Trade Secrets

a. Employment Agreements and Practices

b. Distribution of Confidential Information

3. Choosing Between Patents and Trade Secrets

4. Copyrights

5. Trademarks, etc.

C. OWNERSHIP OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

1. Patents

2. Shop Rights

3. Trade Secrets

4. Copyrights

5. Source Identifiers

6. Miscellaneous Issues Regarding Employees

Thomas Q. Henry
Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, McNett & Henry LLP

© 1999 Thomas Q. Henry