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Topic: Using patents, copyrights, and trademarks to protect your business and creative works
Format: Web-based, narrated & animated slide show [free registration required]
Reviewer/email: Mike G – greers_pm@yahoo.com

This is a great introduction to the use of patents, copyrights, and trademarks to protect your creative works and your business assets. What’s the difference between a utility patent and a design patent? How do state and federal trademarks differ? What are the four elements of a proper copyright? Answers to these and other questions are provided in this clean, appealing series of narrated slides from SCORE Online Training.

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Topic: How identity theft occurs and how to prevent it
Format: Self-paced, interactive, slide-based tutorial including text explanations, graphics, animations, practice exercises, and downloadable PDF reference checklists (free registration required)
Reviewer/email: Mike G – greers_pm@yahoo.com

From the website: “The Identity Theft program only takes around an hour to complete and [will enable you] to: understand how you are targeted, learn how to protect your identity, learn how to protect your company’s identity, recognise the signs that fraud is taking place.” This is a nice, tight overview of the issues and recommended precautions associated with identity theft.

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Topic: Basic principles and concepts related to physical security, loss control and crime prevention
Format: Lecture notes, text readings, assignments, and online discussion boards [course textbook is NOT free]
Reviewer/email: Mike G – greers_pm@yahoo.com

Are you considering a career in the fast-growing security field? This free course from Weber State University will provide you with a comprehensive look at the many dimensions of this field. There are two ways to use the course: 1) Simply review the online lecture notes and obtain a broad overview of each facet of the field, or 2) Buy the textbook (around $50 – 75), then complete all the readings referenced in the lecture notes and go a little deeper. Either way, you’ll get a well-structured, practical overview of the field.

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