Choosing a lawyer is quite difficult. Lawyers specialize in many areas and its not smart to have a divorce lawyer help you with an intellectual property case. When looking for a lawyer i took this into consideration. "Intellectual property consists of several separate and overlapping legal disciplines." (pg5) It can get confusing dealing with intellectual property. The four types of intellectual property are patent law, copyright law,trademark law, and trade secret law. So it is important to find the correct lawyer who knows about these areas of the law so that you and your property are best protected against others. "Intellectual property laws, along with court decisions and regulations, establish rules for the following activities: the selling or licensing of intellectual property, resolving disputed between companies making or selling similar intellectual property products and services, and the registration and administration of intellectual property."(pg5) There are grey areas for laws of any kind, and because of this i tried to find the best lawyer i could for my questions. When calling around i realized that many lawyers were busy and wouldn't give a student the time of day because of the fact that they wouldn't receive a check for the consultation. After calling and receiving no word for the multiple lawyers, i tried some personal family lawyers. The first family lawyer that i contacted said that he didn't specialize in intellectual property law and probably wouldn't be able to answer my questions very well. "Intellectual property refers to products of the human intellect that have commercial value and receive legal protection."(pg4)After that i called my mothers lawyer who was more that happy and experienced to help answer my difficult questions. Even after answering my 10 questions for this class assignment i asked him some additional questions that helped me shape my ideas and knowledge of intellectual property even more.
All quotes are taken for the textbook Patent, Copyright & Trademark Nolo 11th Edition
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