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Acknowledgments
I am greatly indebted to many people and organizations that assisted me in the preparation and production of this second edition. My thanks go out to each, and the order in which their names appear is not indicative of the degree of my appreciation. You were all awesome.
The publishers—IEEE Press and John Wiley & Sons—are to be commended for allowing me to present the intellectual property information in this work to the engineering, scientific, and entrepreneurial community. It is my fervent desire that, by bringing this material to those who generate inventions and creative works, a greater awareness will be created on how the worldwide intellectual property laws work to advance technology, science, and the creative arts, leading to more developments reaching the light of day. To Mary Hatcher, Sarah Keegan, Nicole Hanley, and Peter Mitchell of IEEE Press and John Wiley & Sons, thank you for your guidance throughout the publication process.
A large measure of my appreciation goes to George Uslenghi, PhD, Professor and Associate Dean, College of Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), for creating the online Master of Engineering program at UIC, where my two courses, “Engineering Law” and “Intellectual Property Law for Engineers and Scientists,” are taught to students worldwide over the Internet. It is the latter of these two courses that provided the foundation for the first and second editions of this work, and it was Prof. Uslenghi who initially shepherded this project through the IEEE Publications Committee. My thanks also extend to Carolyn C. Williams, the administrator of the Masters of Engineering program at UIC, who has been of extraordinary assistance in my interface with academia, and who seeks only chocolates as a reward.
My thanks also go out to two fine attorneys who assisted me in the preparation of the biotechnology patent and cybersquatting chapters of this text, Krista Vink Vinegas (krista.vinegas@morganlewis.com) and Peter Berk (pberk@fvldlaw.com). In addition, U.K. patent attorney James Leach (james.leach@mewburn.com), a member of the Mewburn Ellis firm, contributed mightily to the portion of this text on the patent eligibility of computer‐related inventions in Europe. Credit is also due to Richard Gruner (7gruner@jmls.edu), former director, Center for Intellectual Property, John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Illinois, for his contributions to the coverage of international intellectual property creation, protection, and enforcement. My law partner, Mercedes V. O’Connor, deserves the highest accolades for getting me through the computer‐related material included in this text. My having gone through engineering school with only a slide rule, since computers were not available then, her assistance was invaluable.
My thanks also go out to William T. McGrath, an excellent copyright law attorney with the Chicago law firm of Davis and McGrath, who provided guidance to me on the intricacies of copyright law, including the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Bill has taught copyright law at John Marshall Law School for many years, and I have the utmost respect for his wisdom in the mysterious ways of copyright law.
This text could not have been produced without the able assistance of Sharen Lahti and Susan Kilburg. Without them, the pages of this work may have been chiseled on stone tablets.
Hearty thanks also are due to the National Inventors Hall of Fame, whose website provided the starting point for my idea to include brief biographies of inventors and inventions between the chapters of both the first and second editions of this text. I also want to thank all of the authors of the many research materials given attribution in my bibliographies. The hardest part of preparing the inventors and inventions essays was deciding which fascinating facts about these enlightened individuals had to be omitted for the sake of brevity. My thanks also extend to Anthony Loder, son of famed actress/inventor Hedy Lamarr, for furnishing me with first‐hand knowledge about his mother’s invention of what is known today as spread spectrum technology.
For assistance in researching the history of the Wright Brothers, my appreciation is extended to Ronald C. Young, a local historian from Blue Island, Illinois. My essay on Nikola Tesla would not have been possible without the kind cooperation of the wonderful people at the Nikola Tesla Museum, Belgrade, Serbia, and the Antique Wireless Association of the United States. Also, my hand is extended to Paul Schatzkin for furnishing me with invaluable documentation on the Farnsworth–Zworykin patent battle.
Maxwell Rockman deserves a well‐earned thank you for conducting the preliminary research for the inventors and inventions essays in the first edition, while I struggled to keep up with my daytime vocation as an intellectual property attorney. Maxwell, your service was well above and beyond the call of duty.
Debbie Greenberg researched and prepared several of the inventors and inventions essays included in this second edition, and my warmest appreciation extends to her.
JoAnn Rockman, my wife of 34 years, deserves more expressions of appreciation than I am capable of giving. First, she had to tolerate my “lack of attention” while the underlying UIC course materials were developed. Then, she had to stand by and watch while her spouse pored over the papers and research material to prepare 36 chapters of text and the numerous inventors and inventions essays. As a consolation, I now have turned control of the dining room table back to her and the family.
Howard B. Rockman
