Software rights : how patent law transformed software development in America / Gerardo Con Díaz.
2019
KF3024.C6 C67 2019 (Mapit)
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Title
Software rights : how patent law transformed software development in America / Gerardo Con Díaz.
Imprint
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2019]
Copyright
©2019
Description
xv, 360 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Formatted Contents Note
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.
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.
Summary
"This first comprehensive history of software patenting explores how patent law made software development the powerful industry that it is today. Historian Gerardo Con Díaz 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, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-342) and index.
Call Number
KF3024.C6 C67 2019
Language
English
ISBN
9780300228397 hardcover
0300228392 hardcover
0300228392 hardcover
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