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Patent Searching Made Easy: How to Do Patent Searches on the Internet and in the Library, Third Edition
David Hitchcock Manufacturer: Lulu.com ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1411658388 |
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Patent Searching Made Easy. Written by inventor David Hitchcock, this book explains step by step how to use an Internet browser to search U.S. patents. It discusses how to classify an invention properly, and then, using that classification, find all relevant patents issued within that class. Whether browsing infant flotation devices or computerized pet toys, the inventor can quickly tell by searching over the Internet whether he or she is in the running to be "the first."Download Description
"Inventors, use this book to: ? verify the patent status of an idea ? search Patent and Trademark Depository Libraries ? use online patent search services In the past, if you wanted to assess the novelty of an idea, you had to wade through the patent database at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) in Virginia--or hire a lawyer to do a patent search for $500 and up. The cost and inconvenience of these searches often meant that good ideas were left to rot on the vine. With David Hitchcock's book, Patent Searching Made Easy, you can learn to do patent searches yourself, on the Internet, at little or no cost. A physicist, engineer, and patent searching expert, Hitchcock gives you the vocabulary, instructions and strategies you need to search for a patent quickly and easily. He explains how the PTO classifies different types of inventions, so that you can assign your idea to the right class, compare it to related ideas and then determine if it's novel enough to qualify for a patent. Patent Searching Made Easy also shows you how to: ? prepare for online searches with the right hardware, software and computer skills ? access online patent searching resources ? narrow online searches with key words and Boolean logic ? perform database searches at Patent and Trademark Depository Libraries (PTDLs) ? do microfiche searches at PTDLs ? search fee-based patent databases on the Internet ? search international patent offices ? do advanced searches at the PTO and PTDL Written for both inventors and business owners interested in expanding their product line through the license, distribution or manufacture of other people's ideas, Patent Searching Made Easy is the easiest way for you to determine Am I the First? "Customer Reviews:
Good for beginner.......2006-03-03
Outstanding.......2006-01-25
New, updated version of an excellent resource.......2006-01-23
An Excellent Patent Search Reference.......2006-01-14
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Issues in Internet Law
Keith B. Darrell Manufacturer: Amber Book Company ProductGroup: Book Binding: Perfect Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0977161102 |
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* Suppose you buy something online; was that online contract you clicked on really enforceable, even if you just scrolled down and did not read it? * Is receiving pornography in office e-mail from your co-workers sexual harassment? * Can stalkers find your personal information online? * What can you legally place on your website? And what's not allowed? * Do you own your domain name? * Can a public library censor your use of its Internet-linked computers? * Who else can read your e-mail? * Is it legal to gamble online? * How "private" is your private information after you disclose it to a website? * Is a student exercising his First Amendment rights when he creates a hate website on a public school's Internet server? * Do other countries address these issues differently from the U.S.? * Which country's laws apply on the Internet? These are just some of the issues addressed in this book. Issues In Internet Law: Society, Technology, and the Law can be read by the average person to develop an awareness of issues in Internet Law and is also designed for use as a textbook. But Issues In Internet Law: Society, Technology, and the Law is about change. Change brought on by advances in technology and the effects on society and, in turn, how the law copes with those changes. Issues In Internet Law: Society, Technology is not meant to be a 'law book' - at least not in the sense that you can turn to a page and immediately read a definitive answer as to what the state of the law is on any given topic. In the Internet Age, in a world where changes occur at light speed on a daily basis, the only state of the law is the state of flux. This book offers a view of the law through the prism of society and culture. Advances in technology have always changed societies, and there has never been as far-reaching and profound an advance as the Internet. By reaching across all borders into all societies and cultures, the Internet has created a single virtual world - a melting pot where each society's cultures, mores, and values are interchanged. Differing political, religious, and cultural ideas, practices and beliefs assail web visitors at each mouse click. It would be impossible for the Internet not to change the very fabric of every society on earth. Some nations want to block access to, or at least filter, content on the Internet. Marketers realize the Internet provides unsurpassed access to consumers, but such access may entail threats to privacy, manipulation of children, risk of fraud, and undesired annoyances such as spam. The Internet has become the world's largest, most pervasive soapbox where anyone and everyone can have their 15 minutes of fame. But the downside of such unlimited global access is that the megaphone of the Internet can be used to disseminate misinformation, libel, and hate speech. Laws are required to protect consumers, investors, children, and those who are defamed, or subjected to hate speech. But with hundreds of nations, each with its own jurisprudence, cultural and societal mores, philosophies, and legal systems, which laws will prevail and - even if every nation on earth shared the same jurisprudence - how could any single nation apply its laws to a technology that knows no boundaries? The Internet is like a giant snake slithering across every country - each nation focuses on the portion of the snake it sees and tries to apply its jurisprudence to that portion. This book looks at the attempts of nations to overlay their laws upon the Internet.Customer Reviews:
Another Internet Law Primer.......2007-09-01
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Downloading Copyrighted Stuff From The Internet: Stealing Or Fair Use? (Issues in Focus Today)
Sherri Mabry Gordon Manufacturer: Enslow Publishers ProductGroup: Book Binding: Library Binding Similar Items:
ASIN: 0766021645 |
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Anarchy Online
Charles Platt Manufacturer: Eos ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items: ASIN: 0061009903 |
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Anarchy Online is absolutely a must-read for anyone concerned about cyberspace matters. Charles Platt's excellent book promises "the truth beyond the hype" and he delivers. "Anarchy Online" examines the sensationalism surrounding crime, free speech issues, and sex on the Net. He's done his homework, covering issues like cyberporn, hacker busts, and encryption in compelling detail. Although he possesses an insider's knowledge of the insiders, Platt steps back sufficiently to get a useful and thought-provoking perspective.Book Description
Enter the front lines of both sides  in the war to control the Net.The U.S. Justice Department, the Christian Coalition and the Guardian Angels want to clean up the Net. ACLU attorneys, college activists and a raging band of rebels are trying to stop them. Who will win this epic battle, and what will the consequences be?
From Charles Platt, one of the original online renegades and a contributing editor of Wired magazine, comes these two distinct "guides" --each with its own front cover -- to address both sides of these modern issues in one book. This authoritative look begins with the origins of Usenet and ends in a nightmarish future where the war on netporn has become as expensive and futile as the war on drugs. Along the way we meet dozens of other colorful personalities fighting to control the greatest mass medium since the printing press.
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There is better.......2000-03-02
Nothing to do with "anarchy online".......1999-02-22
good book, tackles ethics and legal issues head-on.......1998-12-24
On the flip side, "Net Sex" provides (afaik) an accurate historical account of the 'net (and BBS) pr0n scare and some of the aftermath. There's a lot of serious discussion about freedom of speech, but the author's bias doesn't stop him from carefully portraying both sides of the issues.
All in all, these were two very interesting books. Anyone interested in studying hacking (from a social/legal point of view, not a technical one) and/or the Internet porno industry should read this book. So should people who just want to learn a little more about computer crime and porn laws and how they came to be.
They should have taken out net-sex (it's obsolete).......1998-12-01
Nonetheless, a good book if you're towards the history and the sense of hackers. But if you're looking for technical stuff, uhmm, better turn your back. The book is not for those wanting to learn, or is in search of technical knowledge. The book is for critics, professors, and the mass who don't understand what hacking is all about.
Quite Cool.......1998-09-11
The content itself was not to bad. I only wish it took into consideration the thoughts of hackers themselves instead of just one person. Another thing that was a bit annoying was that it only concentrated on the US, what about the UK, a quick look at alt.ph.uk will tell you that there is a lively hacker movement in the UK as well.
But, all in all, a good read..
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Proceedings of the V Legislative XML Workshop
Manufacturer: European Press Academic Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 8883980468 |
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At Issue Series - Does the Internet Increase the Risk of Crime? (hardcover edition) (At Issue Series)
Manufacturer: Greenhaven Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Board book ASIN: 0737727071 |
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Does using the Internet increase the risk of identity theft, crimes against children, and other crimes, or have the media exaggerated the risk? Can law enforcement deal effectively with cybercriminals and "black hat" hackers? Pro and con viewpoints evaluate the importance of Internet crime and the effectiveness of measures used against it.
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The Essential Guide to the Best (and Worst) Legal Sites on the Web
Robert J. Ambrogi Manufacturer: ALM Publishing/ALM Inc. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1588521176 |
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This comprehensive resource helps lawyers and non-lawyers know which legal web sites are worth their time, which aren't, and why. Organized into more than 30 specific areas of legal expertise, it includes information about web sites on administrative law, bankruptcy, consumer protection, estate planning, immigration, intellectual property, Internet law, job listings, legal news, public records, and real estate. Each site is reviewed and assigned a rating of up to five stars, creating an invaluable research tool for lawyers, law librarians, paralegals, and anyone interested in legal resources on the web.Customer Reviews:
An Expert Highlights the Best Internet Legal Resources.......2004-08-03
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Issues in Cyberspace
Jan H. Samoriski Manufacturer: Allyn & Bacon ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 020532262X |
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This book explores the problems facing society in the rapidly changing online environment, including the technical, social, and legal factors shaping the Internet today. Issues in Cyberspace provides an overview of the evolution of the Internet, the media interests that are driving its development, and the boundaries that are being established for online behavior in a variety of contexts. Issues discussed throughout the book include the influence of concentrated ownership, the First Amendment, commercialism, spam, privacy, encryption, hacking, copyright, libel, hate speech, indecency, obscenity, education, and global implications. Designed for those interested in Internet Studies as well as Communication Law and Policy studies.Customer Reviews:
A Review by Daphne Baylor Dean and Kevin Yeoman.......2002-03-11
Book Review.......2002-02-28
Issue in Cyberspace.......2002-02-27
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At Issue Series - Internet Piracy (hardcover edition) (At Issue Series)
Manufacturer: Greenhaven Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Library Binding ASIN: 0737723289 |
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The practice of downloading music off the Internet first gained nationwide popularity in 1999, with a service called Napster that enabled users to copy digital music files from thousands of other users connected to the Napster network. Napster was forced to shut its network down in 2001, but dozens of other file-sharing networks have taken its place, and now users are swapping movies and software as well as music files. Users of these services call it sharing; the entertainment industry calls it theft of intellectual property. This volume examines the arguments of both sides.Customer Reviews:
Focuses on the primarily-music piracy going on in the industry.......2005-07-06
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Justice Talking: Censoring the Web: Leading Advocates Debate Today's Most Controversial Issues
Kathryn Kolbert Manufacturer: New Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1565847156 |
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Prominent attorneys debate web censorship and school vouchers in a compelling new book-and-CD series inspired by the popular National Public Radio program Justice Talking. The New Press is proud to announce a major new collaboration with the National Public Radio series Justice Talking, an acclaimed radio program that features leading attorneys debating controversial contemporary issues. In book-and-CD sets that include the complete audio recordings and transcripts of the Justice Talking shows, overviews of the legal and other arguments relating to each issue, and a variety of primary source materials, the Justice Talking series of publications are unparalleled introductions to the leading debates of our time.Freedom of speech, one of the most hotly contested issues in America, has entered a new battleground: cyberspace. The very qualities that make the Internet an ideal tool for communication are those that facilitate the exposure of children to potentially harmful material, typically protected for adult use under the First Amendment. Now, in the first volume of a remarkable new book-and-CD series published in conjunction with National Public Radio's acclaimed Justice Talking program, Nadine Strossen, president of the American Civil Liberties Union, goes head-to-head with Bruce Taylor, executive director of the National Law Center for Children and Families, in a debate about web censorship. Moderated by the popular NPR host Margot Adler, this is a thoughtful, informed discussion of an emotionally charged subject that doubles as a primer for those who want an engaging and accessible way to get up to speed on this cutting-edge issue. The compact disc contains the complete audio recording of the debate; the accompanying book contains the transcript, along with a history of related First Amendment law and a comprehensive overview of the arguments for and against the Communications Decency Act, and other laws regulating sexually explicit material on the web. The book also contains a range of supplementary primary source documents.
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