The Pirate's Guide to Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights: Insider Tactics for Beating Pirates on Their Own Terms

A PERFECT FIRST GUIDE FOR INVENTORS, AUTHORS, COMPOSERS, ARTISTS AND ATTORNEYS. You will find this book a refreshing relief from bland legal texts. With gentle humor this book reveals the plain truth of how patents, trademarks, and copyrights really work. It is entertaining to read, straightforward to understand, and uncomplicated to apply. With a sly wink, award winning author and former techno-pirate, “Diamond Dave” Winters exposes both practical applications and foolishness of present intellectual property rules. Then, through real life examples, he demonstrates how to employ them to evade or defeat thieves and brigands without resorting to expensive courtrooms. He even includes a thorough chapter on criminal copyright and trademark offenses. Every inventor, entrepreneur, author, composer, artist, performer, or lawyer should keep a copy within easy reach. CAUTION: KEEP THIS BOOK AWAY FROM PIRATES!