Software rights how patent law transformed software development in America / Gerardo Con D©Ưaz.

Author/creator Con D©Ưaz, Gerardo
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew Haven : Yale University Press, [2019]
Descriptionxv, 360 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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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 noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 283-342) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2019935201
ISBN9780300228397 hardcover
ISBN0300228392 hardcover

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