This combination how-to guide and directory takes the reader step-by-step from the point of inspiration to the point of purchase. Written by Richard C. Levy, an inventor and lecturer who has licensed over 70 products in the US and worldwide, this sourcebook offers proven information that can help users take their ideas to the marketplace successfully. The introductory essay offers proven advice on how to patent and trademark a product and how to select a company to approach for licensing. Included are more than 35 usable forms, sample agreements and declarations needed to file for patents and copyrights.

Comprehensive view of UK patent, trademark, copyright and design law, together with the law of confidentiality and passing off.

Encompasses, all of the most important references among currently-published business books, periodicals, directories, government publications, and electronic media. Hundreds of topics--from advertising to waste management--are organized in six easy-to-use sections that will save readers countless hours of research. Provides not only titles and descriptions of these references, but authors, publishers, publication dates, prices, and other pertinent information. It will enrich any business library, corporate or academic, with up-to-date information in a nutshell.