The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.
Known for its broad, accessible coverage of both traditional and cutting-edge issues, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN THE NEW TECHNOLOGICAL AGE enters its Fourth Edition as the cornerstone of a proven teaching package. Strengthened and refined through years of successful classroom use, The casebook: covers the full range of legal protections for Intellectual Property: trade secret, patent law, copyright law, trademarks/trade dress, state and federal intellectual property protections, protections for computer software, and a general overview of antitrust law integrates cases and materials with challenging practice problems that help students think like practitioners is enriched by a law and economics perspective that provides students with an analytical tool for a meaningful examination of the subject offers outstanding treatment of new media issues, such as computer software reflects the expertise of its authors, all of whom are currently teaching at schools known for a strong IP focus in the curriculum is reinforced by an annual statutory and case supplement which includes an introduction to biotechnology as well as all of the latest legal developments in IP features an extremely helpful Teacher¿s Manual with alternative syllabi for teaching the book in three- and four-credit comprehensive courses and for two-credit courses in one of the subsets of IP Look for this important new material in the Fourth Edition: an updated discussion of digital copyright, including the Supreme Court¿s decision in MGM v. Grokster additional discussion of the legal issues surrounding open source software a revised trademark chapter that reflects several recent changes in dilution, merchandising, Internet keywords, and fair use
