The book is intended to be a textbook for the basic Intellectual Property class, but because it is an open coursebook, which can be freely edited and customized, it is also suitable for an undergraduate class, or for a business, library studies, communications or other graduate school class.

The 2019 Supplement to the 2018 edition of the casebook is now available. It includes Iancu v. Brunetti, the Supreme Court decision invalidating the bar on federal registration of immoral or scandalous trademarks; copyright updates on the Classics Protection and Access Act, the public domain, useful articles, and fair use; and updates on patentable subject matter including case summaries, the Senate's proposed revision of section 101, and the PTO's new administrative guidelines.

Chapters 1 and 2 are available for free download. The rest of volume 1 (Perspectives, Trade Secrets and Patents) must be purchased. Volume 2 (Copyrights, Trademarks and State IP Protections) as well as Intellectual Property Statutes are also available for purchase at prices dramatically below traditional publisher pricing.

Coverage includes undeveloped ideas, trade secrets, privacy law, government classification, FOIA, utility patents, copyright, state-law copyright for pre-1972 sound recordings, anti-bootlegging, trademark, unfair competition, business names, ticker symbols, stage names, false advertising, geographic indications, rights of publicity, moral rights, personal names, defamation, design, architecture copyright, design patent, semiconductor mask works, vessel hulls, fashion, software, biotechnology, plant patents, plant variety protections, and FDA control over drug approval and marketing.