本书讲的是《知识产权法》，是指导读者学习美国知识产权法的有效指南，全书涵盖了著作权、专利、商标、商业秘密等核心话题；历经锤炼的案例与解析模式填补了教科书范围的缺口，相对独立的结构方便读者各取所需，自主学习。在国际文化交流活动日益频繁的今天，本书对于法律从业人员及其他的企业业务人员了解美国知识产权法，提高自身业务水平会有指导意义。

Contents
Preface
1.The Contours of Intellectual Property Law
PART I.COPYRIGHT
2.Subject Matter:Creative Expression,”No Matter How Humble,Crude or Obvious”
3.Excluded Subject Matter:Ideas,Functional Aspects,Infringing Material,Government Works
4.Obtaining Protection and Licensing:Ownership,Formalities,Duration
5.Exclusive Right:Their Enforcemement and Limitations
PART II.PATENT
6.Patentable Subject Matter:Products and Processes
7.Substantive Standards for Protection:New,Useful,and Nonobvious Inventions
8.Obtaining Protection,Ownership,and Licensing:Of Hoops and Pitfalls
9.Rights and Infringement:”The Benefit of His Invention”
PART III.TRADEMARK
10.Subject Matter of Trademark Law
11.Substantive Standards for Protection:”The Source-Distinguishing Ability of a Mark”
12.Obtaining Protection and Licensing:Using,Registering,Licensing,and Losing a Trademark
13.Infringement and Related Rights Under Trademark Law
PART IV.TRADE SECRET
14.Trade Secret Subject Matter:Information with Economic Value from Not Being Generally Known Summary of Contents
15.Getting Protection Through Reasonable Security Measures and Losing Protecion Through Pubilc Disclosure.
16.Misappropriation and Remedies
part V.THREE STATE LAW THEORIES AND PREEMPTION
17.Three More State Law Theories and Federal Preemption
Index

加入世界贸易组织表明我国经济发展进入了一个新的发展时代——一个国际化商业时代。商业与法律的人才流动将全球化，评介人才标准将国际化，教育必须与世界发展同步。商业社会早已被马克思描绘成为一架复杂与精巧的机器，维持这架机器运行的是法律。法律不仅仅是关于道德与公理的原则，也不单单是说理论道的公平教义，还是具有可操作性的精细的具体专业技术。