"John Smith possesses a special gift that seems more like a curse: he can access other people's thoughts. He hears the songs stuck in their heads, knows their most private traumas and fears, and relives the painful memories they can't let go of. The CIA honed his skills until he was one of their most powerful operatives, but John fled the Agency and now works as a private consultant, trying to keep the dark potentials of his gift in check--and himself...

"Conventional wisdom holds that intellectual property rights are essential for innovation. But are copyright and patents really necessary to spark creativity? In The Knockoff Economy, Kal Raustiala and Christopher Sprigman provocatively argue that creativity can not only survive in the face of copying, but can thrive. The Knockoff Economy approaches the question of incentives and innovation in a wholly new way--by exploring creative fields that do...

"The definitive guide for "mompreneurs"--updated with brand-new digital marketing strategiesWritten specifically for mothers seeking to turn their ideas into marketable products, this new edition of The Mom Inventor's Handbook takes you step-by-step through the process, covering the latest, most innovative ways to create, market, distribute, and sell products. A great deal has changed in business since the original publication in 2005; this edition...

"The Supreme Court has unanimously held that Jackson Pollock's paintings, Arnold Schöenberg's music, and Lewis Carroll's poem "Jabberwocky" are "unquestionably shielded" by the First Amendment. Nonrepresentational art, instrumental music, and nonsense: all receive constitutional coverage under an amendment protecting "the freedom of speech," even though none involves what we typically think of as speech -- the use of words to convey meaning. As a...

Deep within the archives of time-and-motion pioneer Lillian Gilbreth lies a secret. Famous for producing solid light-tracks that captured the path of workers' movements, Gilbreth helped birth the era of mass observation and big data. But did she also, as her broken correspondence with a young Soviet physicist suggests, discover in her final days a "perfect" movement, one that would "change everything"? An international hunt begins for the one box...

"A business name, the names of key products, logos, packaging, and slogans all can function as trademarks that distinguish a business and its services and products. This book has information on how to select and protect a great trademark and how to register and maintain a trademark with the federal government. The reader will learn how to choose a trademark that distinguishes their business from competitors, search for marks that might conflict with...