This irreverent but amusing and informative book is a combination of actual courtroom experiences as well as discussion of intellectual property law and litigation principles. The book is written for intellectual property practitioners, including prosecutors and litigators, and also in-house corporate counsel and people in business who may not actually practice intellectual property litigation but who employ intellectual property litigators. In short, anyone who needs to be conversant with the fundamental principles and language of intellectual property law will benefit from--and enjoy--this book.

Because intellectual property law is so detailed, and there are so many aspects to intellectual property law in general, this book seeks to provide a fundamental overview of the kinds of issues and problems that people encounter regarding intellectual property in the real world of business and litigation. Author Edward F. O'Connor discusses the principles of law in the context of cases that the author has actually tried or in which he has been involved--providing a real-world framework to make the principles easier to understand and remember. The book also contains O'Connor's personal views on cases and the law.