Open AccessPatent Scope and Innovation in the Software Industry
Author(s) -
Mark A. Lemley,
Julie E. Cohen
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
ssrn electronic journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1556-5068
DOI - 10.2139/ssrn.282790
Subject(s) - scope (computer science) , business , software , intellectual property , industrial organization , computer science , programming language , operating system
4 I. Software Patents: History, Practice, and Theory 7 A. History: The Section 101 Patentability Debate 8 B. Practice: Anything Goes? . .. . .. . . . .. . . .. . . .. . . .. . I 1 C. Theory: Software Patents and the "Prospect" Theory of Patent Scope 14 II. Reverse Engineering Patented Software 16 A. Software-Specific Barriers to Lawful Reverse Engineering of Patented Inventions 17 B. Innovation and Reverse Engineering: An Industry-Based A nalysis 21
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