TY - GEN T1 - Computer programs and data bases :perfecting, protecting and licensing proprietary rights after the 1980 copyright amendments / AU - Brooks, Daniel Y., AU - Keplinger, Michael S. N1 - Gift; Contents : I. Overview : A. BROOKS, Daniel T. Ownership and Other Concerns - Speaker Outline; 1. 1978 Form of Agreement Furnished to User/Originator of a Novel Program; 2. Form of Agreement to Perfect Rights in Employee Originated Software (Ideas) After Origination; 3. Form of Agreement (Letter To and Response From) Key Employees to Perfect Rights to Software (Ideas) Before Origination; 4. Form of Stated Policy or Practice for Inclusion in Employee Manual; II. Computers and Copyright Protection, Trade Secret Protection and Patent Protection : A. KEPLINGER, Michael S. Computers and Copyright - Speaker Outline; 1. Highlights of the Copyright Act of 1976 and the Legislative History; 2. Copyright Law Amended Regarding Computer Programs (excerpt from P.L. 96-517, December 12, 1980); 3. Regulations and Rulemaking; a. Proposed Rulemaking : Methods of Affixation and Position of the Copyright Notice (42 Fed. Reg. 64374-8, Dec. 23, 1978); b. Final Regulations, Deposit Requirements, Excerpts (43 Fed. Reg. 41475-84, Sept. 19, 1978); 4. Application for Copyright Registration : Form TX; B. DAVIDSON, Gordon K, RUSSO, J. Protection of Computer Software After the Copyright Act of 1980 - Speaker Outline; 1. Computer Software Copyright Amendment; 2. Form TX; 3. Assignment of Copyright; 4. Letter Requesting SPECIAL RELIEF; C. GILBURNE, Miles R. Trade Secret Protection for Software - Speaker Outline; 1. Employee Agreement; D. GOLDBERG, Morton David. The Question of Copyright/Patent Preemption of Trade Secret Protection for Computer Programs and Data Bases - Speaker Outline; E. NIMTZ, Robert O. Patentability of Computer Programs - Speaker Outline; F. REILING, Robert O. Patentability of Computer Programs : A Worldwide View - Speaker Outline; 1. Excerpt from Letter of Inquiry from Commission of European Communities Relating to the Legal Protection of Computer Software; III. The Business Perspective : A. COHEN, Arthur S. A Businessman's Perspective on Protection of Software - Speaker Outline; 1. Agreement for IBM Licensed; 2. Copyright Instructions for IBM Licensed Programs; B. GOETZ, Martin A. The Status of Software Product Protection in 1981- Speaker Outline; C. PRTER, James R. Perspective of Major Software Products Vendor - Speaker Outline; IV. Related Materials : A. Avco Corp. vs. Precision Air Parts, Inc. - Memorandum Opinion; B. Diamond, Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks vs. Diehr et al. (Supreme Court of the United States, No. 79-1112, March 3, 1981); C. BAUER-MENGELBERG, Stefan. Parker v. Flook : A Formula to Cause Alarm (IDEA, The Journal of Law and Technology, Vol. 21, No. 2, 1980); V. Speaker Biographies;. ID - 19719 KW - Trademarks KW - Patents KW - Patent infringement KW - Patents KW - Copyright KW - COMPUTER PROGRAMS KW - DATABASES KW - PROPERTY RIGHTS KW - PATENT PROTECTION KW - COPYRIGHT ACT : 1976 KW - PATENTABILITY OF COMPUTER PROGRAMS KW - LEGAL PROTECTION OF COMPUTER SOFTWARE KW - COPYRIGHT PROTECTION FOR COMPUTER : UNITED STATES OF AMERICA KW - TRADE SECRETS PROTECTION TI - Computer programs and data bases :perfecting, protecting and licensing proprietary rights after the 1980 copyright amendments / ER -