Just because current IP law needs reform--to say the least--does not diminish the need to understand existing IP law so as to be aware of it and navigate around it. With this in mind, I'd like to mention four excellent new IP law books I've acquired. Each of these was published in 2008 by Oxford University Press (my publisher as well) as part of its expansion of its IP offerings.
The first two are useful for patent practitioners and companies: Intellectual Property Culture: Strategies to Foster Successful Patent and Trade Secret Practices in Everyday Business, by Eric M Dobrusin and Ronald A Krasnow (reviewed here); and The Business of Intellectual Property, by Christopher M. Arena & Eduardo M. Carreras.
Patent Appeals: The Elements of Effective Advocacy in the Federal Circuit, by Mark Simon Davies, will be most useful for patent litigators, and
Publishing Forms and Contracts, by Roy Kaufman, will be of interest to media, entertainment, and copyright attorneys as well as media companies. All four of these books are handsome and nicely done, and, although I have not read all of them in detail yet, they all look to be very well-done and useful to their respective audiences.
