Licensing Intellectual Property: Law and Application

by Robert W. Gomulkiewicz, Xuan-Thao N. Nguyen, Danielle M. Conway

Intellectual property is among the most important and interesting areas of law, thanks to its close link to the technological changes sweeping society. But it is not enough to simply own patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets—inventors and creators need to put these intellectual property assests to productive use. Licensing is the most important way to do that. Licensing Intellectual Property: Law and Application provides students of varied backgrounds with an understanding of the legal principles and licensing models available to help clients accomplish their business objectives. This book is for courses focusing on the law of licensing and the application of licensing in practice. In particular, the book’s extensive drafting and client counseling exercises provide students the opportunity to develop their skills.

924 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2011

Reviews

[K!NAN · Rating 5 out of 5]

Strictly speaking, I’ve not read every last case in this entire casebook. I have, however, finished all of the chapters and a decent amount of the cases. This was effectively my introduction to IP and I really was fascinated by it. Gomulkiewicz presents the information in an extremely reader-friendly way. There’s a good collection of relevant cases for a pretty wide variety of licensing. Perhaps this is not exhaustive but it seems pretty damn close in terms of topics.

[Dov · Rating 5 out of 5]

I had a lot of fun reading it.
It is a battle of brains and the examples chosen are making the application of the law very vivid.