What Intellectual Property Law Should Learn from Software.

The article refers to intellectual property law in the United States and focuses on the computer industry where software is protected by patent and copyright. The issues of a network effect impacting innovation in software development, of the outlook for using intellectual property rights to protect...

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Published in:Communications of the ACM Vol. 52; no. 9; pp. 71 - 77
Main Author: BOYLE, JAMES
Format: Article
Published: Association for Computing Machinery Sep2009
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