This book contains 6 sections explaining the meaning and legal background of terms used in copyright, trademark, patent, nanotechnology and trade secrets, both in the U.S. and internationally.

The Trademark Law Dictionary will be helpful for anyone who researches trademark law. With it, one can easily locate terms and quickly understand conceptsall in one volume. I am impressed with the enormous scope of this reference. The inclusion of international treaty terms is in itself a substantial contribution to the field. Christine Haight Farley Professor of Law American University Washington College of Law THE TRADEMARK LAW DICTIONARY Part of The Law Dictionary Series The One-Stop Source for Legal Terminology JDs, LLMs & SJDs Attorneys & Paralegals FIND IT Easy to Locate Terms & Cross-Referenced KNOW IT Clear & Easy to Understand USE IT Communicate Effectively & Efficiently Apply Intricate Terminology & Underlying Legal Concepts JDs, LLMs & SJDs need to be able to communicate effectively and efficiently. This Dictionary will afford Law Students and Law Professors with the resource they need to bring clarity to the burgeoning field of IP Law. Practitioners & Paralegals of Intellectual Property law must understand, cross-reference and apply intricate terminology. The IP Dictionary gives the Practitioner & Paralegal the ability to easily locate terms and underlying concepts and apply them to their work product. www.thelawdictionaryseries.com

Written in plain English, Webster's New World Law Dictionary is much easier to understand than typical legal documents. * Clear, concise, and accurate definitions of more than 4,000 legal terms * Coverage of terms from all areas of law, including criminal law, contracts, evidence, constitutional law, property law, and torts * Common abbreviations, foreign words and phrases, and a full copy of the United States Constitution, including the Bill of Rights and all subsequent amendments In addition to those in the legal field, this desk reference is invaluable to journalists, researchers, lay people dealing with legal issues, and even those who simply want to use legal terms correctly in order to make their points more convincingly.

Features more than ten thousand legal terms and includes a dictionary guide and the complete United States Constitution.