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Overview of Topics Covered:
Patent Law; Main Sources of the Law; What Is a Patent?; What Is Patentable?; Analyze Patentability; Legal Date of Invention; Application for Patents; Provisional Patent Application; Patent Prosecution; Patent Infringement; Elements of Proof of Infringement; Types of Infringement; Types of Infringers; Defenses to Infringement Action; Remedies in Infringement Action; Copyright Law; Main Sources of the Law; Goals of Copyright Law; Basic Types of Copyrights; What Can Be Protected by Copyright?; When Copyrights Attach & Terminate for U.S. Works; How Can Copyright Be Lost?; What Rights Are Protected by Copyright Law?; Who Holds the Copyrights?; Enforcement of Copyrights Under Current Law; Civil Infringement Actions; Elements of Proof of Direct Infringement; Proof that Defendant Copied a Work; Degrees of Infringement; Contributory Infringement Liability; Vicarious Infringement Liability; Civil Remedies for Infringement; The “Fair Use” Defense; Restored Copyrights on Foreign Works; Trademark Law; Main Sources of the Law; What Is a Trademark?; Goals of Trademark Law; Function of Federal Laws; Common Law Trademarks; Distinctiveness Requirement; Descriptiveness of Trademarks; Four Categories of Marks; Specifically Prohibited Marks; Potential Conflicts with Other Users; Marks in Different Markets; When a Trademark Itself Has Value; Trademark Infringement; Remedies for Trademark Infringement; Defenses to Infringement Actions; Selected Federal Intellectual Property (IP) Statutes; Patent Law; Copyright Law; Trademark Law; Useful Internet Intellectual Property (IP) Links