Step 4: Rule of law -- a concise summary of the main precedent established. Support with quotes form the book

“A patent is a grant by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ( USPTO) that allows the patent owner to maintain a monopoly for a limited period of time on the use and development of an invention ( pg. 16, Attorney Richard Stim).” In my field we would use the design patent and the utility patents. The design patent deals with “New, non-obvious, useful inventions that fall into one of the five categories- a process, a machine, a manufacture, a composition of matter, or an improvement of an existing idea( pg. 16, Attorney Richard Stim).” Utility design patent would fall into our company since we’re always finding new way to explore sites and codes for the sites. To fall under the design patent it would have to have “ new and original designs that ornament a manufactured article can qualify for a design patent( pg. 17, Attorney Richard Stim).”Copyright law would work hand in hand in my field for the simple fact everything is created by each individual at my company “ A copyright gives the owner of a creative work the right to keep others from unauthorized use of work. Under copyright law, a creative work (often referred to as a “ work of authorship”) must meet all of these three criteria to be protected: must be original, it must be fixed in a tangible medium of expression, and it must have at least some creativity ( pg. 190, Attorney Richard Stim).” My sites will meet all three of these sections so therefore the copyright law affect my company in great extent. Trademark law and my company go hand in hand, it effects my sites and company more so than the other three laws because that’s what my company would deal with. Trademark law is “ a distinctive word, phrase, logo, graphic symbol, or other device that is used to identify the source of a product or service and to distinguish it from competitors ( pg. 190, Attorney Richard Stim).”