Under intellectual property law, owners are granted certain exclusive rights to a variety of intangible assets, such as musical, literary, and artistic works; discoveries and inventions; and words, phrases, symbols, and designs. Common types of intellectual property include copyrights, trademarks, patents, industrial design rights and trade secrets. Intellectual property law involves advising and assisting individuals and businesses on the development, use, and protection of intellectual property -- which includes ideas, artistic creations, engineering processes, scientific inventions, and more.
Janesville (also, Gas Point and Lassen) is an unincorporated community in Lassen County, California. It is located 11 miles (18 km) southeast of Susanville, at an elevation of 4239 feet (1292 m). Janesville is located on the eastern slopes of the Sierra Nevada Mountain range. As of the 2000 census. it had a population of 3,089. The community consists of an elementary school, a park, three churches, two gas stations, a pizza parlor, a coffee shop, a veterinary hospital, a recently closed feed store, a hardware store, a post office, and a few other businesses. Janesville stretches over a distance of 8 miles (13 km). Its ZIP Code is 96114. The community is inside area code 530. Janesville is also home to Mankins Ranch, also known as the Janesville Bear Dance site, located southeast of Highway 395.