This book, first published in 2005, examines the evolution and impact of American intellectual property rights during the 'long nineteenth century'.

When electric light innovator Thomas Edison sues his only remaining rival for patent infringement, George Westinghouse hires untested Columbia Law School graduate Paul Ravath for a case fraught with lies, betrayals, and deception.

About inventors, inventions and interesting facts about areas such as transportation, communication, industry and agriculture, health and medicine.

Provides an overview of intellectual property law, including what legal rights apply to a work, what trade-secret law protects, and the scope of copyright protection.

This guide shows how to identify a company's protectable assets, initiate steps to protect those assets, and use them to generate additional income.

In his first book since The Pencil, Petroski looks with affection and awe at how everyday artifacts--from forks and pins to paper clips and zippers--came to be as they are. A mind-opening experience that is fun to read.

If open source and free software licenses interest you, this book will help you understand them. If you're an open source/free software developer, this book is an absolute necessity.