Intellectual Property Rights for Engineers 2nd Edition

IET ManagEMEnT ofTEchnology SErIES 22 Series Editor: J. Lorriman Intellectual Property Rights for Engineers 2nd Edition Other volumes in this series: Volume 15 Volume 17 Volume 18 Volume 19 Volume 20 Volume 21 Volume 22 Volume 23 Volume 24 Forecasting for technologists and engineers: a practical guide for better decisions B.C. Twiss How to communicate in business D.J. Silk Designing businesses: how to develop and lead a high technology company G. Young Continuing professional development: a practical approach J. Lorriman Skills development for engineers: innovative model for advanced learning in the workplace K.L. Hoag Developing effective engineering leadership R.E. Morrison and C.W. Ericsson Intellectual property rights for engineers, 2nd edition V. Irish Demystifying marketing: a guide to the fundamentals for engineers P. Forsyth The art of successful business communication P. Forsyth Intellectual Property Rights for Engineers 2nd Edition Vivien Irish The Institution of Engineering and Technology Published by The Institution of Engineering and Technology, London, United Kingdom First edition © 1994 Peter Peregrinus Ltd Second edition © 2005The Institution of Electrical Engineers New cover © 2008 The Institution of Engineering and Technology First published 1994 (0 85296 810 8) Second edition 2005 (0 86341 490 7) This publication is copyright under the Berne Convention and the Universal Copyright Convention. All rights reserved. Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study, or criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, this publication may be reproduced, stored or transmitted, in any form or by any means, only with the prior permission in writing of the publishers, or in the case of reprographic reproduction in accordance with the terms of licences issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside those terms should be sent to the publishers at the undermentioned address: The Institution of Engineering and Technology Michael Faraday House Six Hills Way, Stevenage Herts, SG1 2AY, United Kingdom www.theiet.org While the authors and the publishers believe that the information and guidance given in this work are correct, all parties must rely upon their own skill and judgement when making use of them. Neither the authors nor the publishers assume any liability to anyone for any loss or damage caused by any error or omission in the work, whether such error or omission is the result of negligence or any other cause. Any and all such liability is disclaimed. The moral right of the authors to be identified as authors of this work have been asserted by them in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Irish, Vivien, 1942– Intellectual property rights for engineers. – 2nd ed. 1. Intellectual property – Great Britain 2. Engineers – Great Britain I. Title II. Institution of Electrical Engineers 346.4’ 1048 ISBN (10 digit) 0 86341 490 7 ISBN (13 digit) 978-0-86341-490-9 Typeset in India by Newgen Imaging Systems (P) ltd, Chennai First printed in the UK by MPG Books Ltd, Bodmin, Cornwall Reprinted in the UK by Lightning Source UK Ltd, Milton Keynes ... - tailieumienphi.vn