The classic guide to cashing in on your million-dollar idea

Whether you've invented a great new product, or you have an idea for an app, an online business, or a reality show, "How to License Your Million Dollar Idea" delivers the information you need to snag a great licensing deal. Now in its third edition, this book has become the go-to source for budding inventors and entrepreneurs who have great ideas and want to cash in on them without putting themselves in financial risk. Licensing is the way to make that happen and this book explains exactly how it's done.

You'll get tested advice on how to protect your ideas and find a licensee for new products, apps, TV game shows, websites, software, and more. You'll also learn how to develop your creative thinking skills and objectively evaluate your ideas.Explains how to protect your new idea with or without patents and copyrightsDirects you in finding the perfect person at the right company and on how to prepare a presentation that gets you to a "yes"Reviews sample licensing contracts to help you understand what your creativity and achievement entitles you to

You'll also read accounts from profitable inventors on their own goof-ups and brilliant moves along their paths to success.

Kaufmannisch denken und handeln und dabei alle rechtlichen Aspekte des Geschaftslebens berucksichtigen, ist Intention des Buches. Der Autor vermittelt einen besonders auf Verstandnis ausgerichteten Einstieg in das Handelsgesetzbuch (HGB). Ausserdem erlautert er andere, fur den Kaufmann wichtige Gesetze.

Recent changes to federal legislation and the expansion of state law in the area of employer-sponsored health insurance has created a complex set of rule for employers to navigate when addressing the rights of those who are subject to federal COBRA and state mini-COBRA laws. Despite this complexity, many employers attempt to self-administer COBRA despite the perilous penalties and numerous areas where compliance is nearly impossible. The book provides the necessary tools, guidance and information for those brave enough to consider COBRA self-administration. Topics include an overview of COBRA eligibility, COBRA's extensive notice requirements, the premium subsidy under ARRA, COBRA's election procedures, and COBRA's interactions with other laws.

Have you ever wondered if your boss is treating you within your legal rights? Many employees put up with unwarranted stress, excessive workloads, and violation of rights because they are either in fear of losing their job, unsure of their legal rights or a combination of both. "Employee Rights and Employer Wrongs - How To Identify Employee Abuse And How To Stand Up For Yourself" is written for the non-unionized Canadian worker who doesn't understand the legal jargon set out by Employment Standards legislation and doesn't know where to turn. Filled with easy-to-understand explanations, relevant examples, interesting case studies and useful sample letters, this book will guide the employee to know when his/her rights are being violated and help them with a resolution. While it is not a substitute for professional legal advice, this book is the first affordable step to guide an employee to stand up for his/her rights and be respected.

Economic analysis of law has been preoccupied by considerations of efficiency and often regards values and individual preferences to be independent of social institutions. This volume analyzes the flaws in such an approach by pointing out the incommensurability of fundamental societal values in the context of the institutional structure. Given that individual preferences and values and social values impact each other in the context of an institutional structure, the book recognizes that a comprehensive theory of law must contend with (i) whether the institutional structure admits an equilibrium of individual and social values; and (ii) if there is an equilibrium, then what the extent of divergence is under it between the realized social values and the desired values.

Ethical and Legal Issues in Home Health and Long-Term Care gives home health care providers practical approaches to the ethical and legal is sues unique to home health care. The authors provide a sophisticated y et practical framework for developing and applying an ethics action pl an. From establishing an ethics committee to integrating legal, clinic al, and organizational concerns, to providing key medical-ethical deci sion making criteria for end-of-life decisions, the book offers home h ealth and other community-based providers a comprehensive resource to guide staff and to avoid liability.

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 makes CEO's and CFO's personally responsible, not only for the accuracy of their financial statements, but also for reporting on the effectiveness of their company's internal controls. This fast and easy-to-read revised 2nd edition of this book describes, in plain language, what the U.S. Sarbanes-Oxley Act says, it explains why the Act came into effect, and shows what companies need to do to ensure that they are in compliance with the Act. This book will help you to understand your obligations under the Act, and will enable you to establish and maintain financial controls using simple, common-sense guidelines that every company, private as well as public, should follow.

The Home Health Care Answer Book will help new and existing home healt h agencies quickly find answers to specific legal questions. It compre hensively addresses all legal aspects of home health care in an easy-t o-use, question-and-answer format, organized by topic.

In this clearly written and easy-to-understand guide, Healey explains the threat of potential liabilities, and most importantly, recommends how to avoid them. This vital guide clarifies how liability issues differ not only between institutions - public libraries, academic libraries, museums - but also between varying information related jobs like reference librarianship and cataloguing. The book's introduction covers basic issues - enforcement mechanisms, defenses to claims and more - and follows with specific theories - negligence, malpractice, defamation and material torts, and more. Also covered are potential sources of claims, and suggestions for actions to take should you be faced with one. Audits, checklists, and sample policies are included for those wishing to further enhance their knowledge concerning a top legal issue among today's information professionals.

Fraud is big business and it rots the fabric of finance and accountancy, as it is exercised by all day trading of bonds, junk bonds, loans. Twenty-five years ago, fraud was said to be rapidly expanding and manifests itself by shady deals, fraudulently converted cash. Fraudsters who are active, especially electronic fraud, do in fact treat the use of fraud as serious "business" and the execution of frauds as "work," much as other criminals treat their activities as their "job"! Identity theft poses a frightening threat of being taken in by crooks. If twenty-five years ago it was estimated that the amount of fraudulent cash around the world at any one time more than equalled the Gross National Products of several third-world countries, it would not be believed--a damning indictment indeed.

In this fascinating and comprehensive study on Fraud the author takes advantage of the fact that people seem thrilled to hear about frauds, like murders. She has prepared works that will use the reader's' attention to discuss law enforcement and the consequences of breaking the law by committing frauds.

This book was written to give a brief but good overview of the regulations for doing business in the United Kingdom. If a businessman knows what regulations are in force in a country, he should not be caught unawares by income tax investigations, demand for Value Added Taxes which he did not expect, and so on. This book is NOT a business manual. It is NOT a law textbook for students grappling with examinations on the subject, although it adequately fits that description; rather, it is for general public readership: it has been written in a readable style, by passing pomp and jargon. In this valuable contribution to an understanding of U.K. business regulations, the author urges all business people to know their rights, have their affairs in order and learn the rules of engagement as they can be used to their advantage.

How to avoid legal liability and prevent costly litigation

You’re notified that your restaurant is being sued: what should you do? A guest is choking in your restaurant’s dining room: are you required to assist? If the assistance causes further injury, who is responsible? Your franchiser demands to see daily receipt totals: can you say no? Restaurant Law Basics prepares you to make the right decisions in these critical situations and hundreds of others.

To avoid costly legal problems in your restaurant, begin with step one: read Restaurant Law Basics. This completely practical, jargon-free guide gives you the tools you need to protect your restaurant from legal exposure of every kind. It prepares restaurant managers to comply with the law and avoid or limit liability in virtually any situation–—from hiring and managing employees and dealing with customer complaints to ensuring safety and security, obeying regulatory requirements, and much more. Restaurant Law Basics features:

• Manager’s Briefs that focus on critical legal aspects of your operations
• Realistic scenarios that are analyzed to help prepare you to make the right decisions in challenging situations
• Checklists to help you avoid liability before any incident occurs
• A companion Web site that provides additional resources, training assistance, and more

The Restaurant Basics Series provides restaurant owners and managers with expert advice and practical guidance on critical issues in restaurant operation and management. Written by leading authorities in each field, these easy-to-use guides offer instant access to authoritative information on every aspect of the restaurant business and every type of restaurant–—independent, chain, or franchise.

Employee relations, food and liquor liability, partron civil rights, and federal regulations are all subjects that concern hospitality operators, who know that preventing legal problems is the best way to keep profits from being siphoned off by expensive legal hassles. This book gives readers an opportunity to look at hospitality operations from a legal standpoint and to develop management strategies to prevent legal problems.

As developments in human genetics proceed apace,the regulation of genetic research and its applications is set to represent one of the major legal challenges of the next century. At every turn - in the fields of medicine and commerce, in insurance and employment, in the family and even in the criminal justice system - advances in human genetics threaten to transform our understanding of ourselves and the basis upon which we relate to one another. This special issue of the Modern Law Review addresses a range of key issues - conceptual, ethical, political and practical - arising from the regulatory challenge confronting the law in the face of the genetic revolution.

Despair over the reported inadequacies of public education leads many people to consider religious schools as an alternative. James G. Dwyer demonstrates, however, that religious schooling is almost completely unregulated and that common pedagogical practices in fundamentalist Christian and Catholic schools may be damaging to children. He presents evidence of excessive restriction of children's basic liberties, stifling of intellectual development, the instilling of dogmatic and intolerant attitudes, as well as the infliction of psychological and emotional harms, including excessive guilt and repression and, especially among girls, diminished self-esteem.

A third of all Americans use complementary and alternative medicine--including chiropractic, acupuncture, homeopathy, naturopathy, nutritional and herbal treatments, and massage therapy--even when their insurance does not cover it and they have to pay for such treatments themselves. Nearly a third of U.S. medical schools offer courses on complementary and alternative therapies. Congress has created an Office of Alternative Medicine within the National Institutes of Health, and federal and state lawmakers have introduced legislation authorizing widespread use of such therapies. These institutional and legislative developments, argues Michael H. Cohen, express a paradigm shift to a broader, more inclusive vision of health care than conventional medicine admits.

Cohen explores the legal issues that health care providers (both conventional and alternative), institutions, and regulators confront as they contemplate integrating complementary and alternative medicine into mainstream U.S. health care. Challenging traditional ways of thinking about health, disease, and the role of law in regulating health, Cohen begins by defining complementary and alternative medicine and then places the regulation of orthodox and alternative health care in historical context. He next examines the legal ramifications of complementary and alternative medicine, including state medical licensing laws, legislative limitations on authorized practice, malpractice liability, food and drug laws, professional disciplinary issues, and third-party reimbursement. The final chapter provides a framework for thinking about the possible evolution of the regulatory structure.

This book is the first to set forth the emerging moral and legal authority on which the safe and effective practice of alternative health care can rest. It further suggests how regulatory structures might develop to support a comprehensive, holistic, and balanced approach to health, one that permits integration of orthodox medicine with complementary and alternative medicine, while continuing to protect patients from fraudulent and dangerous treatments.

This book is meant to guide, comfort and support journalists. While they may chafe against the many legal restrictions, they should know that there is a lot they can do and say within the law. With a better understanding of their legal rights, journalists can go about their business with greater confidence, knowing when to yield and when to stand firm. Kathy Ann Waterman Latchoo begins by placing journalism in a constitutional context and ends with an overview on damages for defamation and a glossary of legal terms. She describes our legal systems and the hierarchy of courts, which every journalist should strive to understand, whether or not assigned to the court beat. In Newsroom Law, she seeks to demystify libel law, including the Reynolds public interest defence, which has put fresh emphasis on what constitutes "responsible journalism". Other chapters alert journalists to the legal pitfalls in covering parliamentary affairs, elections and court cases. Cyber-libel, copyright and freedom of information are also included and the chapter on investigative journalism seeks to answer common questions such as whether photographers may use telephoto lenses to capture people in private; whether journalists may record conversations covertly; and whether it is ever permissible to break the law to expose evil.

Dieses Buch vermittelt einen praxisorientierten Zugang zu den rechtlichen Themen, die bei der Erstellung und dem Vertrieb von Onlinekursen wichtig sind. Von der Konzeption der Inhalte uber die verschiedenen Vertriebsmodelle bis hin zur Planung eines rechtssicheren Launches auf unterschiedlichen Wegen erlautert die Autorin die wesentlichen Fragestellungen und bietet leicht umsetzbare Loesungsansatze. Checklisten, Projektplane und Formulare helfen dabei, den (ersten) eigenen Onlinekurs rechtssicher auf den Weg zu bringen.Das Buch richtet sich an alle, die ihr Spezialwissen erstmalig auf Online-Plattformen anbieten moechten. Seien es Trainer, Lehrende, Coaches oder Expertinnen und Experten fur besondere Themen. Es ist auch dann interessant, wenn ein bestehender Kurs uberarbeitet oder professionell vertrieben werden soll.

Dieses Buch vermittelt die Grundlagen des Wirtschaftsprivatrechts klar strukturiert, kompakt, praxisbezogen und fallorientiert. Es richtet sich in erster Linie an Studierende der Wirtschaftswissenschaften und Studierende, die Recht im Nebenfach belegen, unterstutzt aber auch angehende Juristen optimal bei der Klausur- und Prufungsvorbereitung. Neben Abbildungen, die den Lernstoff visualisieren, finden sich darin zahlreiche Aufgaben zur Selbstkontrolle. Beispielsfalle mit Loesungshinweisen sowie die begleitend angebotene SN Flashcards Lern App erhoehen den Lernerfolg zusatzlich.

Beim Unternehmenskauf sind neben gesellschaftsrechtlichen und arbeitsrechtlichen Regelungen gerade auch steuerliche Gesichtspunkte von grosser Bedeutung. Dieses Werk stellt rechtsgebietsubergreifend die typischen Problemfelder eines Unternehmenskaufs vor. Im Fokus stehen dabei mittelstandische Unternehmen. Zahlreiche Beispiele, Beratungshinweise und UEbersichten zu den relevanten arbeitsrechtlichen, gesellschaftsrechtlichen und steuerrechtlichen Fragestellungen runden das Werk ab. Fur die 3. Auflage wurde das Buch umfassend aktualisiert und erweitert.