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Record Nr.

UNINA9910971027703321

Titolo

Intellectual property issues in software / / Steering Committee for Intellectual Property Issues in Software, Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications, National Research Council

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1991

ISBN

9786610212002

9781280212000

1280212004

9780309582889

0309582881

9780585020693

0585020698

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (127 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BranscombLewis M. <1926-2023.>

Disciplina

346.73048

Soggetti

Computer software - United States

Intellectual property - United States

Copyright - Computer programs

Computer software industry - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Committee chairman: Lewis M. Branscomb.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Intellectual Property Issues in Software -- Copyright -- Preface -- NATURE OF THIS PROJECT -- ORGANIZATION OF THE REPORT -- Contents -- Intellectual Property Issues in Software -- 1 Changing Contexts for the Software Industry -- A MATURING INDUSTRY -- CHANGING TECHNOLOGY -- CHANGING LEGAL CONTEXT -- UNPREDICTABLE FUTURE -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- 2 Background to Basic Legal Issues -- COPYRIGHT -- Expressions, Ideas, and Functions -- What Constitutes Copyright Infringement? -- TRADE SECRET -- PATENT -- Characteristics of Patents -- What is Patentable? -- Test for Patentability -- Coherent or Incoherent? -- THE INTERNATIONAL SITUATION -- NOTES -- 3 Is Software a Special Case? -- THE PROCESS



-- SOFTWARE AS A CREATIVE MEDIUM -- THE INFLUENCE OF THE MARKET -- SYMBIOSIS IN THE MARKET -- THE CASE OF INTERFACES -- Evolution of User Interfaces -- Where Does Innovation Lie? -- SUMMARY -- NOTE -- 4 A Closer Look at Current Issues -- PROTECTED OR UNPROTECTED? -- THE PATENT-COPYRIGHT INTERFACE -- PATENT PROBLEMS: STRUCTURAL OR LEGAL? -- COMPATIBILITY AND INTEROPERABILITY -- Open Interfaces, a Controversial Suggestion -- Immediate Declaration of Rights -- Standardization -- THE INFLUENCE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW -- WITHHOLDING OF SOURCE CODE -- REVERSE ENGINEERING -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- 5 The Open Agenda -- DEFINING A CONCEPT OF VALUE -- LEGISLATIVE "SOLUTIONS"? -- HYBRID SYSTEM FOR HYBRID TECHNOLOGIES? -- INCREMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS TO PATENT SYSTEM? -- NEXT STEPS -- NOTES -- 6 Bibliography -- Appendixes -- Appendix A Intellectual Property Challenges in Software Workshop Program and Participants -- PROGRAM -- PARTICIPANTS -- Appendix B Intellectual Property Issues in Software Forum Program and Participants -- PROGRAM -- PARTICIPANTS.

Sommario/riassunto

A report of the views aired on legal and technical issues in intellectual property protection for software by legal scholars, attorneys, computer scientists, software designers and entrepreneurs, and business and government executives at a September 1989 workshop and a December 1989 forum sponsored by the Computer Science and Telecommunications Board of the National Research Council. Acidic paper. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR