One of the smartest things I ever did was take a class in contract law in college. It was horribly boring, but when I began selling books, I was able to understand publishing contracts and ask smart enough questions to really discuss points with my agent before agreeing to something a publisher wanted.
This is my twentieth year as a published author and Nolo Press's Patent, Copyright & Trademark: An Intellectual Property Desk Reference is even more important to me now than it would have been back before electronic rights stirred everything up. It's far more than I need, but good reference books usually are: it means I can find those obscure details easily and quickly. intellectual property
With an excellent index and encyclopedia-style setup, it's easy to use and in a weird way, addictive. The book has four parts; Copyright Law, which is my sole interest at the moment, and equally large sections on patent, trademark and trade secret law. The sections each include definitions, forms, statutes and overviews that truly deliver. I find myself reading the definitions in my spare time, and looking up various things in the index as they pop into my brain: like why it's okay to quote a few words from some songs but not from others.
I'm giving the book five stars because I love it. It's not something you have to have, but it makes me feel more professional and smarter and now that I have it, I wouldn't want to be without it.
Read it now at Patent, Copyright & Trademark: An Intellectual Property Desk Reference
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