Now, the proven Examples &amp; Explanations series expands to include a volume on copyright law. This brand-new study guide offers much-needed assistance in navigating the complexities of the field.

Copyright: Examples And Explanations

McJohn, Stephen M.

Intellectual Property

Aspen Law & Business

By applying the proven Examples &amp; Explanations format to the core concept of copyright, patent, trademark, and trade secret, noted author Stephen M. McJohn helped thousands of students gain a better understanding of intellectual property. Now in its Second Edition, "Intellectual Property: Examples &amp; Explanations" keeps pace with recent developments as it continues to clarify this important area of study.

Intellectual Property: Examples And Explanations

Legal History

Problems and Materials on Secured Transactions, continues to be the best choice for courses in secured transactions law. In a problems-based format, this brief, clear text presents a practical, straightforward approach to the topic, making it popular among students and instructors alike. This edition retains the great features that earned it widespread recognition in its previous editions: thorough and up-to-date coverage on black letter law flexible content and organization, making it adaptable to many teaching styles a popular problems-approach which tackles the material in a straightforward and practical manner the distinguished author Douglas J. Whaley, who draws on his experience in teaching, writing, and practice a clear and lucid writing style and a manageable length, offering a concise, efficient, and effective format inclusion of the most important cases, which illustrate the reactions of the courts to the issues

Problems and Materials on Secured Transactions

Business & Money

Whaley, Douglas J.

Economics

Wolters Kluwer/Law & Business

Using proven Examples &amp; Explanations pedagogy, this comprehensive study guide provides students with a short account of the law, followed by a variety of concrete examples and explanations that help reinforce and give substance to the key rules and concepts in copyright law. Its flexible organization lets students move freely between topics that range from classic copyright cases, such as rights of authorship, to areas of contemporary interest, including Internet use, open source licensing and online music rights. The Third Edition presents a wide range of new case law, examples and explanations, including online copyright infringement, boundaries of fair use, the legality of hacking the iPhone and the moral rights of artists. Hallmark features: Proven Examples and Explanations pedagogy reinforces key rules and concepts. Comprehensive coverage of aspects of copyright law, together with international and theoretical underpinnings of the law. Builds student understanding step by step and allows students to work with fact settings--key to understanding and applying copyright law. Up to date Supreme Court cases and legislation. Covers developing judicial interpretation in such areas as originality, the idea/expression distinction, fair use, ownership, and scope of exclusive rights. Addresses areas of contemporary interest, such as music, open source licensing, and Internet issues. Short sections covering related state law doctrines and federal preemption. Flexible organization allows students to study chapters in any order. The Third Edition has been updated to include: The Supreme Court's view of the constitutional limits on the scope of copyright legislation. Cases on the extent of moral rights of artists. Multiple new cases covering: The boundaries of fair use. Licensing issues. Work made for hire in the startup company context. Rights of buyers of copyrighted products and services. Limits on digital rights management systems. ISP liability for customer copyright infringement. Limits on damages for downloading. Enforcement of online copyright infringement--a new business model. Legality of jailbreaking the iPhone.

Copyright (Examples & Explanations)

Using proven Examples &amp; Explanations pedagogy, this comprehensive study guide provides students with a short account of the law, followed by a variety of concrete examples and explanations that help reinforce and give substance to the key rules and concepts in intellectual property law. Its flexible organization lets students move freely between topics that range from copyrights, to patents, trademarks and trade secrets. Keyed to all major IP survey courses and using compelling examples, Intellectual Property: Examples &amp; Explanations is a straightforward guide that gives students a solid grounding in this dynamic area of law.
The Fourth Edition has been substantially updated to include new case law, explanations and examples across a wide variety of intellectual property issues. Several new Supreme Court cases have been added to the section on patents; the copyright section now includes constitutional limits on the scope of copyright legislation and multiple cases on the boundaries of fair use and the extent of moral rights of artists; new material on limits on trademark protections, ISP liability and cybersquatting are included in the section on trademarks; and new issues defining trade secrets in the Internet Age round out the Fourth Edition.
 Hallmark features:
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Complete coverage of core topics in intellectual property</li>
<li> Keyed to the major IP survey casebooks, with enough examples to reinforce any gaps in the text coverage. </li>
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Proven Examples &amp; Explanations pedagogy helps reinforce key rules and concepts. </li>
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Focuses on the fundamentals, concentrating on basic rules and concepts and avoiding more sophisticated, specialized topics. </li>
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Flexible organization adapts to any course structure and allows students to work independently, brushing up on specific topics as needed.</li>
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The Fourth Edition has been substantially updated with the following new material:
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Copyright:<ul>
<li>Constitutional limits on the scope of copyright legislation. </li>
<li>Extent of moral rights of artists. </li>
<li>Multiple cases on the boundaries of fair use; licensing issues; work made for hire in the startup company context; rights of buyers of copyrighted products and services, limits on digital rights management systems.</li>
</ul>
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New Patent law:<ul>
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Several Supreme Court cases, including patentability of business methods, software, and genes; ownership of university inventions; standards for invalidating patents; standard for secondary liability. </li>
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Other cases on liability for inaccurately marking a product as patented and scope of patent protection for biotech inventions. </li>
<li>Coverage of 2011 revision of patent statute by America Invents Act </li>
</ul>
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Trademark:<ul>
<li>Limits on trademark protection for functional items. </li>
<li>ISP liability for customers' trademark infringement. </li>
<li>Cybersquatting.</li>
</ul>
</li>
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Trade secret:<ul>
<li>Cases on trade secret infringement among competitors. </li>
<li>Intersection between computer fraud and trade secret protection. </li>
<li>Cases on limits on what information qualifies as a trade secret, such as product concepts and databases.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>

Intellectual Property (Examples & Explanations)

A concise, clear, effective review of Commercial Paper and Payment Systems topics organized around the theme of multiple-choice questions. The basic format follows the same structure established by the first title in the series, Joseph Glannon's The Glannon Guide to Civil Procedure. The book includes brief explanatory text about the topic under discussion, followed by one or two multiple-choice questions. After each question, the author explains how the correct choice was chosen. Thus the student reviews course content and also learns how to analyze exam questions.
Features: 
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<li>Integrates multiple-choice questions into a full-fledged review of the first-year Commercial Paper and Payment Systems course</li>
<li> Lead-up discussion of law in the text prepares students to learn effectively from subsequent questions</li>
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Clear explanations of correct and incorrect answers help to clarify nuances in the law</li>
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Multiple-choice questions are sophisticated but fair, neither too difficult nor unrealistically straightforward</li>
<li>Equally useful to all students, regardless of whether they will be tested by multiple-choice questions on their exams</li>
<li> Embodies a far more user-friendly and interactive approach than other exam preparation aids</li>
<li> A more challenging final question in each chapter (the Closer ) illustrates a more sophisticated problem in the area under discussion </li>
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 Closing Closer questions in the last chapter provide practice and helpful review of concepts in earlier chapters </li>
<li>Valuable exam-taking pointers interspersed within the substantive text </li>
</ul>
New to the Second Edition: 
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<li> Expanded discussion of online payments issues (eBay, PayPal, various online fraud/warranty issues)</li>
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Additional multiple-choice questions, to further illustrate the legal rules</li>
<li>Discussion and questions related to issues arising from the mortgage crisis, including<ul>
<li>Whether a promissory note may be enforced if the note is not present (such as in foreclosure)</li>
<li>Whether a securitized note may be enforced by an investor in the security </li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Updates to address changes in credit card and debit card law </li>
<li>A new section on the modernization of the check collection system (now every bank is deemed a local bank)</li>
</ul>

The Glannon Guide to Commercial Paper and Payment Systems: Learning Commerical Paper and Payment Systems Through Multiple-choice Questions and Analysis

Business

Kluwer Law Intl

A straightforward look at all relevant statutes and major cases in the law, Problems and Materials on Commercial Law features complete materials and problems on sales, payment systems, and secured transactions. The text continues to be up-to-date, covering the latest changes in U.C.C. Articles 2, 3, 4, and--as well as other relevant laws--and the cases related to each. Interesting, well-crafted problems progress from easy to more complex, sharpening students' skills and enabling them to understand the field's complexities and difficult statutory language. A sensible modular organization follows the order of the U.C.C., allowing for greater flexibility in teaching. This effective format and manageable length makes Problems and Materials on Commercial Law concise and efficient.
 New co-author Stephen M. McJohn brings his considerable experience and expertise to the Tenth Edition. A professor of law at Suffolk University, McJohn has written many law review articles on copyright and commercial law and is the author or co-author of major texts in the field. Important new cases and developments are presented as well as new and revised Problems.
Features:
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<li> comprehensive, straightforward look at all relevant statutes and major cases in commercial law<ul><li>includes complete materials and problems on sales, payment systems, and secured transactions</li></ul>
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<li>up-to-date<ul>
<li> covers the latest changes in U.C.C. Articles 2, 3, 4, and 9</li>
<li> describes changes in other relevant laws</li>
<li>includes cases relating to each </li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>problem-oriented<ul>
<li>interesting, well-crafted problems progress from easy to more complex</li>
<li>sharpens students' skills</li>
<li>increases comprehension of the law's complexities </li>
<li>clarifies difficult statutory language</li>
</ul>
</li> <li> sensibly organized <ul>
<li> modular approach following the order of the U.C.C. </li> <li> allows for greater teaching flexibility </li> </ul>
</li> <li> efficient <ul>
<li> manageable length </li> <li> concise and lucid </li> <li> effective format </li> </ul>
</li> </ul>
 Thoroughly updated, the revised Tenth Edition presents: <ul>
<li> New co-author Stephen M. McJohn </li> <li> considerable experience and expertise </li> <li> professor of law at Suffolk University </li> <li> has written numerous law review articles on copyright and commercial law </li> <li> author or co-author of major texts in the field </li> <li> important new cases and developments </li> <li> new and revised Problems </li> </ul>

Problems and Materials on Commercial Law (Aspen Casebook)

Wolters Kluwer Law and Business

Through clear, concise writing and a problem-based pedagogy, this notably student-friendly "Whaley book" helps students to understand the statutory language of the Uniform Commercial Code, the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, and the Expedited Funds Availability Act.
Problems and Materials on Payment Law, now in its Eighth Edition, features:
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<li> the black-letter law of payment systems in clear and straightforward writing </li> <li> a logical and adaptable organization that follows the order of UCC Articles 3, 4, 4A, and 8 </li> <li> a problems-based pedagogy--a practical and expedient way to teach payment law </li> <li> a manageable length, at 416 pages </li> <li> significant Supreme Court cases </li> </ul>
 New to the Eighth Edition: <ul>
<li> recent major cases involving check alteration </li> <li> statutory revisions that reflect a new Federal Reserve regulation allowing banks to return telemarketing checks to the depositary bank </li> </ul>
 A master at helping students to penetrate the sometimes-opaque language of statutory law, Douglas J. Whaley is the name that you trust to bring you concise, student-friendly, problem-based casebooks.

Problems and Materials on Payment Law (Aspen Casebook)

Foreign & International Law

The proven Glannon Guide is a user-friendly study aid to use throughout the semester as a great supplement to (or substitute for) classroom lecture. Topics are broken down into manageable pieces and are explained in a conversational tone. Chapters are interspersed with hypotheticals like those posed in the classroom that include analysis of answers to ensure thorough understanding. Additionally, The Closer questions pose sophisticated hypotheticals at the end of each chapter to present cumulative review of earlier topics. More like classroom experiences, the Glannon Guide provides you with straightforward explanations of complex legal concepts, often in a humorous style that makes the material stick. 
The user-friendly Glannon Guide is your proven partner throughout the semester when you need a supplement to (or substitute for) classroom lecture. 
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<li>The material is broken into small, manageable pieces to help you master concepts.</li>
<li>Multiple-choice questions are interspersed throughout each chapter (not lumped at the end) to mirror the flow of a classroom lecture. </li>
<li> Correct and incorrect answers are carefully explained; you learn why they do or do not work. </li>
<li>You can rely on authority; the series was created by Joseph W. Glannon Harvard-educated, best-selling author of, among other legal texts, Examples and Explanations; Civil Procedure, now in its sixth edition. </li>
<li> The Closer poses a sophisticated problem question at the end of each chapter to test your comprehension. </li>
<li>A final Closing Closer provides you practice opportunity as well as a cumulative review of all the concepts from earlier chapters. You can check your understanding each step of the way. </li>
<li>More like classroom experiences, these Guides provide straightforward explanations of complex legal concepts, often in a humorous style that makes the material stick. </li>
</ul>

The Glannon Guide to Commercial and Paper Payment Systems: Learning Commercial and Paper Payment Systems Through Multiple-Choice Questions and Analysis (Glannon Guides)

Legal Education

Wolters Kluwer

Using proven Examples &amp; Explanations pedagogy, this comprehensive study guide provides students with a short account of the law, followed by a variety of concrete examples and explanations that help reinforce and give substance to the key rules and concepts in copyright law. Its flexible organization lets students move freely between topics that range from classic copyright cases, such as rights of authorship, to areas of contemporary interest, including Internet use, open source licensing and online music rights.

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Copyright: Examples And Explanations

Intellectual Property: Examples And Explanations

Problems and Materials on Secured Transactions

Copyright (Examples & Explanations)

Intellectual Property (Examples & Explanations)

The Glannon Guide to Commercial Paper and Payment Systems: Learning Commerical Paper and Payment Systems Through Multiple-choice Questions and Analysis

Problems and Materials on Commercial Law (Aspen Casebook)

Problems and Materials on Payment Law (Aspen Casebook)

The Glannon Guide to Commercial and Paper Payment Systems: Learning Commercial and Paper Payment Systems Through Multiple-Choice Questions and Analysis (Glannon Guides)

Copyright (Examples & Explanations)