A plain-English guide to intellectual property law Whether you are in the world of business or creative arts, you need to understand the laws that govern your work. But given the convoluted terminology that surrounds patents, copyrights, trademarks, and other intellectual property rights, this isn't easy. Enter, Patent, Copyright & Trademark , which explains: what legal rights apply to your creations, products, or inventions the scope of copyright protection how trademark law works, and what trade-secret law protects. Here, you'll find plain-English definitions of intellectual property law terms, straightforward explanations of how intellectual property law affects online content, and much more. The latest edition that includes legal updates covering Supreme Court cases, as well as significant cases involving the registration of scandalous trademarks; the right of a bankrupt trademark owner to cancel trademark licenses; the ability of a company to maintain trade secret claims that predate the publication of the patent application; the fair use claims of the estate of Andy Warhol and the artist Richard Prince; the public domain status of "We Shall Overcome"; and infringement liability for embedded tweets.