Location:  Home » Intellectual Property » Essentials of Intellectual Property (Essentials Series)  

Essentials of Intellectual Property (Essentials Series)

Essentials of Intellectual Property (Essentials Series)Authors: Alexander I. Poltorak, Paul J. Lerner
Publisher: Wiley
Category: Book

List Price: $34.95
Buy New: $19.51
as of 9/5/2010 01:48 CDT details
You Save: $15.44 (44%)

Qty 999 In Stock


New (20) Used (21) from $15.00

Seller: supermoviedeals
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 11 reviews
Sales Rank: 346959

Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Pages: 288
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 5.5 x 0.8

ISBN: 0471209422
Dewey Decimal Number: 346.73048
EAN: 9780471209423
ASIN: 0471209422

Publication Date: April 1, 2002
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Also Available In:

  • Digital - Essentials of Intellectual Property (Essentials Series)
  • Unbound - Essentials of Intellectual Property (Essentials Series)

Similar Items:


Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
ESSENTIALS OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Full of valuable tips, techniques, illustrative real-world examples, exhibits, and best practices, this handy and concise paperback will help you stay up to date on the newest thinking, strategies, developments, and technologies in intellectual property.

"Alexander Poltorak and Paul Lerner have written the definitive primer on intellectual property for business professionals. Thorough in its coverage and understandable in its delivery, Essentials of Intellectual Property provides not only an outstanding summary of intellectual property basics, but a useful and sensible strategy for using intellectual property to the best needs of a business. Poltorak and Lerner have combined their in-depth knowledge of patent law with their savvy business skills to yield an indispensable reference for the business professional."
-Jeffrey L. Brandt, Patent Attorney, Former Senior Vice President
and Intellectual Property & Licensing Counsel, priceline.com

"Alex Poltorak and Paul Lerner have pulled off a mighty feat with Essentials of Intellectual Property. They have crafted a work that is clear for the beginning practitioner while nuanced and sophisticated for the savvy tech transfer and IP management veteran. Lively and often witty writing is a treat not often found in tomes on what can be a dry subject. With Essentials of Intellectual Property, the practitioner has a new literary tool for tying IP strategy to the business reality of tomorrow."
-Edward Kahn, Founder and President, EKMS, Inc., Cambridge, MA

"This critically important new volume of work not only provides the professional with a greater knowledge of this vast subject, but also the novice with a better understanding and appreciation for the results of their creative abilities."
-Lawrence J. Udell, Executive Director, California Invention Center
Professor of New Ventures and Entrepreneurship

The Wiley Essentials Series-because the business world is always changing...and so should you.


Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 11



5 out of 5 stars Excellent Primer for the layman and seasoned professional!   November 12, 2003
12 out of 12 found this review helpful

This is an excellent book that I believe can help level the playing field for smaller companies vis-a-vis their larger competitors concerning exploiting the full value of
their intellectual property rights. The authors include a chapter addressed to corporate officers and directors concerning potential liability for mismanaging intellectual property. This chapter alone is an eye-opener that ought to be read by every director and officer not only to avoid liability but to enhance share value. The authors have given the reader a seminal work concerning the difficult nature of patent valuation including a method that uses the Black-Scholes option-pricing algorithm (since a patent's value, like an option, decreases with the passage of time, all other things being equal). The authors discuss the methods utilized to value a patent in a publicly traded company and point out that Eli Lilly lost $35 billion in market capitalization when one of its two Prozac patents was declared invalid for double-patenting, thus, demonstrating the enormous value of that patent. I am a patent attorney who learned much from this book. This is a highly readable and even entertaining book that makes an excellent primer for anyone interested in the business of intellectual property.



5 out of 5 stars Business Professional from New York   July 31, 2002
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

This book took all the mystery out of the complex issue of intellectual property: what it is, how it works, and how it can work for you. Easy to read and comprehensive.


5 out of 5 stars Exceptional   May 1, 2002
Jimmie Howell (Houston, TX)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

The book is a very good overview for anyone interested in the area of intellectual property. With the number new people becoming interested in IP, the book should be a great starting point. The book is well presented and holds your attention very well.


5 out of 5 stars Informative   May 10, 2002
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

This is simply the best book on the subject.
Answered all of my questions trough clear examples and was surprisingly up to date.It would be nice if there were more material on open source legal issues, however.



5 out of 5 stars Great primer for IP newbies!   May 25, 2002
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

This book gives the reader a good idea of the legal and financial implications of intellectual property management, without resorting to excessive "legalese." It is well-written and often even witty, with a friendly tone that makes complex material that much more accessible. IP is not just for patent attorneys anymore!

Showing reviews 1-5 of 11