Selected Intellectual Property and Unfair Competition Statutes, Regulations, and Treaties, 2020

Selected Intellectual Property and Unfair Competition Statutes, Regulations, and Treaties, 2020 Synopsis

Receive complimentary lifetime digital access to the eBook with new print purchase. The 2020 edition of this thorough compilation of primary source materials on intellectual property law incorporates all the latest legislation in the field, making it one of the most up-to-date resources for use in both survey and specialized courses on intellectual property. The full text of all three basic intellectual property statutes have been updated to include recent amendments dealing with compulsory licenses for satellite television providers and provisions allowing the government to waive deadlines in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. The volume also contains much other useful material such as the criminal statutes dealing with counterfeit goods, regulations governing importation of grey market products, all substantive provisions of the Restatement of Unfair Competition, and the text of numerous international agreements dealing with intellectual property law, including the recently ratified U.S., Mexico, Canada Agreement which supplants NAFTA. The physical print format allows students to annotate and highlight provisions easily during at home study and in class and can be brought into open-book exams where access to online materials is forbidden. With a single investment in this volume, students will have a valuable resource for use in multiple IP courses and instructors will be able to guide them through actual statutory and regulatory language quickly and efficiently, whether teaching face-to-face or remotely.

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