Software rights how patent law transformed software development in America / Gerardo Con D©Ưaz.
| Author/creator | Con D©Ưaz, Gerardo |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New Haven : Yale University Press, [2019] |
| Description | xv, 360 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Code made tangible, 1945-1954 -- From antitrust to patent law at IBM, 1950-1966 -- The myth of the non-machine, 1964-1968 -- 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 -- 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. |
| Abstract | "This first comprehensive history of software patenting explores how patent law made software development the powerful industry that it is today. Historian Gerardo Con D©Ưaz reveals how patent law has transformed the ways computing firms make, own, and profit from software. He shows that securing patent protection for computer programs has been a central concern among computer developers since the 1950s and traces how patents and copyrights became inseparable from software development in the Internet age"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-342) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Other forms | Also available online. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2019935201 |
| ISBN | 9780300228397 hardcover |
| ISBN | 0300228392 hardcover |
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