You, or your company, is developing new technology or branding scheme to introduce into the marketplace. Many companies can benefit by protecting at least some of the Intellectual Property associated with new products or services. There can be advantages and disadvantages (such as costs) associated with protecting your Intellectual Property. This work is designed to give company owners, engineers, designers and marketing staff understand that their new innovations may be protectable for their company.
Stephen Stark is the author of the novels The Final Appearance of America's Favorite Girl Next Door, Second Son, and The Outskirts. Second Son was a New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the year, and a Barnes & Noble Discover New Writers pick. He is also a bestselling ghostwriter. His essays, short stories, and criticism have appeared in The New Yorker, Poets & Writers, The Washington Post and the New York Times Book Review, among other journals. Honors include fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and Bread Loaf, where he has also taught. He has taught and worked in the administration of the creative writing program at the University of Houston. Stark currently lives in Virginia and is a graduate of George Mason University and the writing program at Hollins University.