[PDF] Top 20 Trade Secret Protection of Computer Software, 5 Computer L.J. 77 (1984)

... 5 4 Second, trade secret protec- tion for software protects a greater range of subject matter than does copyright protection.. Trade secret law may protect ideas, p[r] ... See full document

... National patent protection can be obtained in countries which have ratified the EPC. As previously indicated, this is frequently done by making a European patent ap[r] ... See full document

... Three forms of legal protection are available for computer pro- grams: patent law" trade secret law' 2 and copyright law. Patent law, which is exclusively federa[r] ... See full document

... Copyright protection of software is effective and should be pur- sued by any proprietor wishing to protect his interest in software/firmware. Proprietors, however, sh[r] ... See full document

... The sale of hardware embedded with ROM-resident object code dominates the microcomputer market. The remaining market share lies in peripheral source code software sal[r] ... See full document

... The second method by which a user may bypass the expiration date is to alter the date embedded in the software itself. Source code is the actual computer program [r] ... See full document

... In order to prevail in an action for misappropriation of trade secrets, the plaintiff must not only show the existence of a trade se- cret, but also that the def[r] ... See full document

... As discussed above, protocols are the rules and conventions that the software uses to communicate with other devices. 5 0 While a particular software implementation of [r] ... See full document

... Despite a finding that the private borrowing and copying of a software package is a fair use, a person leasing the software for profit should still be liable for[r] ... See full document

... As explained earlier, an operating system is the program that runs the internal operations of a computer. Operating systems are required for every computer system an[r] ... See full document

... Intellectual Property Implications of "Lock-Out" Programs, 68 S.. the qualifier excluding the conveyance of information or the portrayal of an appearance) does not make a[r] ... See full document

... The Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") is committed to vigorous en- forcement of its consumer protection statutes in the on-line environ- ment.' Commerce on the Intern[r] ... See full document

... Ten years ago the predecessor to the John Marshall Journal of Com- puter and Information Law published a symposium issue on the legal protection of computer software ov[r] ... See full document

... ing software." Computer Software Protection Rules, supra note 26, art. The Rules, however, require that infringing software be destroyed only if destruction is neces[r] ... See full document

... The two functions of software produce very different outcomes to the software as patentable subject matter inquiry when passed through the patent policy test developed abo[r] ... See full document

... The authorisation of the copyright holder is not required where reproduction of the code and translation of its form, within the meaning of Article 5(a) and 5(b), are indispens[r] ... See full document

... Bigelow, Legal Protection of Proprietary Software-A Special Report, 3 COMPUTER L.. Bigelow, Supreme Court Again Ducks Software Patentability Decision,.. 2 COMPUTER L. 1968).[r] ... See full document

... To understand the elegant simplicity and distinct nature of digital computing we briefly review the Turing machine and the theory of algorithms, then compare digital[r] ... See full document

... Most importantly, the authorisation of the right holder is not re- quired where reproduction of the code and translation of its form are in- dispensable to obtain the [r] ... See full document

... While, of course, the existence of a trade secret is a matter defined by the laws of the individual states, to avoid conflicts preemption by fed- eral patent laws, these[r] ... See full document