Have you invented a new or improved product something that will change the course of our lives? Have you written a play, song, or book? Whatever you have created before it can be presented to the world must be protected with a copyright, patent or trademark.The contents of this book are divided into three parts Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights. Included in each section are the actual forms (that you can copy), instruction sheets, samples of completed forms, and even helplines. It answers all these questions and more:What is a patent? What is a trademark? What is a copyright? What can and can't be patented? How is a patent obtained? What forms must be filled out? Where do I get the forms I need? Where do I find the phone numbers of who to call if I have questions? How much does a patent cost? How long will it take to get a patent? How do I do a patent search?This book can:Protect your business, your business logo and the name of your businessProtect your music, your lyrics and the name of your bandProtect a word, phrase, symbol, or designProtect your dramatic and literary worksProtect your choreographic works and motion picturesProtect your architectural worksProtect your pictorial, graphic, and sculputural works, (such as maps, globes, charts, technical drawings, photographs, prints, and models)Protect your published and unpublished literary works, (such as fiction, nonfiction, poetry, textbooks, reference works, dictionaries, catalogs, advertising copy, compilations of information, and computer programs)Protect each individual of a serial, (such as periodicals, newspapers, annuals, journals, proceedings, transactions, etc. of societies)Protect your new invention as well as the name of your new inventionProtect any new and distinct variety of plant(s)Protect any new, original, and ornamental designProtect any new and useful process, machine, manufacture and compositions of matterProtect any new industrial or technical process