Software rights : how patent law transformed software development in America /: how patent law transformed software development in America. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Gerardo Con Díaz.
• Authors: Con Díaz, Gerardo
• Contents: Introduction -- Part one : Early patent protections. Code made tangible, 1945-1954 -- From antitrust to patent law at IBM, 1950-1966 -- The myth of the non-machine, 1964-1968 -- Part two : Software, courts, and Congress. Antitrust law and software sales, 1965-1971 -- Software patents at the courts, 1961-1973 -- Remaking software copyright, 1974-1981 -- Making sense of Benson, 1976-1982 -- Part three : IP for PCs. Hobbyists and intellectual property from Altair to Apple, 1975-1981 -- Cloned computers and microchip protection, 1981-1984 -- Look, feel, and programming freedom, 1984-1995 -- Patent enforcement and software embodiment, 1986-1995 -- Software rights for a new millennium, 1993-2000 -- Conclusion.
• Publisher Details: New Haven : Yale University Press
• Publication Date: 2019
• Copyright Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (xv, 360 pages ), illustrations
• Subjects: 346.730486; Computer software -- United States -- Patents -- History; Patent laws and legislation -- United States -- History; Computer software industry -- Law and legislation -- History; Software protection -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History; Logiciels -- États-Unis -- Brevets d'invention -- Histoire; Computer software -- Patents; Computer software industry -- Law and legislation; Patent laws and legislation; Software protection -- Law and legislation; United States; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780300249323; 0300249322
• Related ISBNs: 9780300228397; 0300228392
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-342) and index.; Note: Description based on print version record.
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