Patenting Art & Entertainment: New Strategies for Protecting Creative Ideas (PATENTING ART AND ENTERTAINMENT) - Softcover

Aharonian, Gregory; Stim Attorney, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1413300324 ISBN 13: 9781413300321

Publisher: NOLO, 2004

Synopsis

Many legal experts argue that copyright law is dying, that artists and entertainers need a new approach to intellectual property protection. Patenting Art & Entertainment provides an answer. This book shows that patent law can protect the methods and processes used to create art and entertainment -- as well as the design and appearance of products. Included are examples in the fields of painting. graphic art, music, architecture, film, furniture design and much more! Co-authored by Gregory Aharonian and Richard Stim, the book shows how to document the creation of your art and entertainment inventions, apply for and obtain a design patent, get a utility patent and do a patent search. Patenting Art & Entertainment provides in-depth (but concise) information of all aspects of this cutting-edge method. It covers how the creation of arts and entertainment became formal sciences, the limitations of copyrights, how the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office handles such applications -- and more.

About this title

About the Author:

Richard Stim specializes in small business, copyright, patents, and trademark issues at Nolo. He practices law in San Francisco and has represented photographers, software developers, crafts people, publishers, musicians, and toy designers. He is the author of many books, including Music Law, and Profit From Your Idea. Stim also produces audiobooks, and performs and records with two bands.

Review:

This book explains how to get patents for art and entertainment, in language so clear and enjoyable to read, it can be understood by creators themselves (even if they aren't lawyers). (Lionel S. Sobel Entertainment Law Reporter 20090101)

About this edition

• Publisher: NOLO
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1413300324
• ISBN 13: 9781413300321
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 346