LEADER 04486nam 2200721Ia 450 001 9910971027703321 005 20251116140421.0 010 $a9786610212002 010 $a9781280212000 010 $a1280212004 010 $a9780309582889 010 $a0309582881 010 $a9780585020693 010 $a0585020698 035 $a(CKB)110986584751016 035 $a(OCoLC)559154214 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10055025 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000180517 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11154678 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000180517 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10149737 035 $a(PQKB)10508823 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3376032 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3376032 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10055025 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL21200 035 $a(OCoLC)923260564 035 $a(Perlego)4734468 035 $a(BIP)813816 035 $a(EXLCZ)99110986584751016 100 $a19910515d1991 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aIntellectual property issues in software /$fSteering Committee for Intellectual Property Issues in Software, Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications, National Research Council 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aWashington, D.C. $cNational Academy Press$d1991 215 $a1 online resource (127 p.) 300 $aCommittee chairman: Lewis M. Branscomb. 311 08$a9780309043441 311 08$a0309043441 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aIntellectual 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. 330 $aA 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 606 $aComputer software$zUnited States 606 $aIntellectual property$zUnited States 606 $aCopyright$xComputer programs 606 $aComputer software industry$zUnited States 615 0$aComputer software 615 0$aIntellectual property 615 0$aCopyright$xComputer programs. 615 0$aComputer software industry 676 $a346.73048 701 $aBranscomb$b Lewis M.$f1926-2023.$01891035 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910971027703321 996 $aIntellectual property issues in software$94533540 997 $aUNINA