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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819412503321

Autore

Klemens Ben

Titolo

Math you can't use : patents, copyright, and software / / Ben Klemens

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2006

ISBN

1-280-81338-5

9786610813384

0-8157-9795-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (192 p.)

Disciplina

346.04/8

510.2468

Soggetti

Intellectual property

Intellectual property - United States

Computer software - Law and legislation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

On t.p. "[+]" appears as a plus sign.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-170) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Optimal breadth -- From equations to software -- Patenting math -- Profiting from overbroad patents -- The decentralized software market -- Interoperability -- Protecting text -- Policy recommendations.

Sommario/riassunto

"Gathering persepectives from law, computer science, mathematics, and economics, examines the intellectual property issues surrounding computer software and suggests how patents might accommodate the unique structure of code and copyright for software could be more effectively implemented"--Provided by publisher.