Licensing Intellectual Property in the Information Age

Book excerpt: In addition to adding Jay Dratler, one of America's leading authorities on licensing intellectual property, and Barbara Wrigley, a practitioner with many years experience in the field, to the list of co-authors, the Second Edition of Licensing Intellectual Property in the Information Age (formerly Licensing Intellectual Property in the Digital Age) has been largely redone. Keeping the same basic structure, each chapter has been updated with the most current developments in licensing law. Chapter 2 now works as a much more efficient introduction to intellectual property. Additionally, with the inclusion of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act in Chapter 8 and an entirely new chapter on Biotechnology, the book is now the most up-to-date and authoritative textbook available. The book emphasizes application in actual situations, with chapters designed to simulate the work flow a lawyer is likely to face in the negotiation, formation, and enforcement of an intellectual property license. The Problem Supplement is a unique addition to this book (see the link below). It contains two types of exercises. The first is a continuous series of problems based on factual scenarios involving a fictitious sports car manufacturer, Contair Corp. These exercises are called "Problems." They are numbered consecutively and keyed to the chapter of the casebook for which they should be assigned. A second set of exercises is entirely separate and does not involve the ongoing Contair hypothetical. These are called "Exercises" and are keyed to the chapter of the casebook to which they are relevant. Additional exercises, such as those involving the distinctiveness of trademarks, are included in Chapter 2 of the Casebook (Overview of Intellectual Property Law), but are not included in the supplement, because they are review exercises and are unlikely to change. To access the On-line Problem Supplement for Licensing Intellectual Property in the Information Age, Second Edition, click here.