General Intellectual Property Information

Intellectual Property in the New Age - An Expanding Universe

Intellectual Property is a subset of a broader business and property rights concepts. Our goals in assisting clients to enhance their business practices include:
1. Identifying, understanding and capturing the value of Intellectual Capital
2. Converting Intellectual Capital to Intellectual Assets
3. Distilling Intellectual Assets into Intellectual Property and,
4. Protecting the resulting Intellectual Property

These concepts, as identified by James K. Sullivan and the ICM Group, can be further researched in the excellent reference “Profiting from Intellectual Capital: Extracting Value from Innovation”, Sullivan, James K. , John Wiley & Sons 1998.

Forms of Intellectual Property Protection

Basic Information on Patents and Trade Secrets

A Primer on Trademarks and Trade Dress

A Summary of Copyright

Other Helpful Links
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Copyright Office and the Library of Congress

Federal Law Reference Site
Publication by Felix L. Fischer: A Review of the Economic Espionage Act of 1996