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Examples & Explanations for Intellectual Property, Eighth Edition

Authors
  • Stephen M. McJohn
Series / Examples & Explanations Series
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Table of contents
Preface

A favorite classroom prep tool of successful students that is often recommended by professors, the Examples & Explanations (E&E) series provides an alternative perspective to help you understand your casebook and in-class lectures. Each E&E offers hypothetical questions complemented by detailed explanations that allow you to test your knowledge of the topics in your courses and compare your own analysis.

Here's why you need an E&E to help you study throughout the semester:

  • Clear explanations of each class topic, in a conversational, funny style.
  • Features hypotheticals similar to those presented in class, with corresponding analysis so you can use them during the semester to test your understanding, and again at exam time to help you review.
  • It offers coverage that works with ALL the major casebooks, and suits any class on a given topic.

The Examples & Explanations series has been ranked the most popular study aid among law students because it is equally as helpful from the first day of class through the final exam.

New to the Eighth Edition:

  • Examining the latest Supreme Court cases on IP — such as Google LLC v. Oracle America, Inc. (2021), Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith (2023), Vidal v. Elster(2024), and Warner Chappell Music, Inc. v. Nealy (2024) — and their implications.
  • Expansive updated discussions around copyright law and the internet.
  • Issues raised by AI and IP: authorship, inventorship, data sets (fair use, trade secrets), trademark searching, and more.
  • New debates surrounding intellectual property and the First Amendment.
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Table of Contents
SUMMARY OF CONTENTS

Contents
Preface
 

Chapter 1 The Contours of Intellectual Property Law 

PART I. COPYRIGHT 
Chapter 2 Subject Matter: Creative Expression, “No
Matter How Humble, Crude, or Obvious” 
Chapter 3 Copyright Does Not Protect Ideas, Functional
Aspects, Infringing Material, Government Works 
Chapter 4 Obtaining Protection and
Licensing: Ownership, Formalities, Duration 
Chapter 5 Exclusive Rights: Their Enfor
cement and Limitations 

PART II. PATENT 
Chapter 6 Patentable Subject Matter: Products and Processes 
Chapter 7 Substantive Standards for Protection: New,
Useful, and Nonobvious Inventions 
Chapter 8 Obtaining Protection, Ownership, and
Licensing: Of Hoops and Pitfalls
Chapter 9 Rights and Infringement: “The Benefit of
His Invention”

PART III. TRADEMARK 
Chapter 10 Subject Matter of Trademark Law
Chapter 11 Substantive Standards for Protection: “The
Source- Distinguishing Ability of a Mark” 
Chapter 12 Obtaining Protection and Licensing: Using,
Registering, Licensing, and Losing a Trademark 
Chapter 13 Infringement and Related Rights Under
Trademark Law

PART IV. TRADE SECRET 
Chapter 14 Trade Secret Subject Matter: Information with
Economic Value from Not Being Generally Known 
Chapter 15 Getting Protection Through Reasonable
Security Measures and Losing Protection
Through Public Disclosure 
Chapter 16 Misappropriation and Remedies 

PART V. THREE STATE LAW THEORIES AND
PREEMPTION 
Chapter 17 Three More State Law Theories and Federal
Preemption 

Appendix: Review Topic: Universities and Intellectual Property
Index
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About the authors
Stephen M. McJohn
Professor of Law
Suffolk University Law School

Stephen M. McJohn is a Professor of Law at Suffolk University Law School. Professor McJohn has joined as co-author on Douglas Whaley’s Commercial Law casebooks. He has also written many law review articles and several books, including two widely used books on intellectual property in the Examples and Explanations series.  His scholarly interests are intellectual property, commercial law, computer law, artificial intelligence, and economic analysis. His scholarly work has been widely cited by courts and in law journal articles.

Product Information
Edition
Eighth Edition
Publication date
2025-09-12
Copyright Year
2025
Pages
686
Paperback
9798892079525
Connected eBook with Study Center (Digital Only)
9798892079532
Subject
Intellectual Property
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