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T1  - International Symposium (2nd) on legal protection of computer software :Proceedings : Toyko, November 7 - 8, 1989.
N1  - 2nd Symposium : 7 - 8 November 1989, 496p; 3rd Symposium : 9 - 10 December 1991, 616p; 2nd : Contents : 1. Introduction; 2. Proceedings : 1. User interface; 2. Communication protocol; 3. OS-related interface; 3. Materials : Memorandoms by Panelists; Technical explanation and OHP; 3rd : Contents : Materials (by Speakers and Panelists) : 1. The machine translation system and its possible intellectual property implications; 2. Can jurisprudence appropriately protect computer programs? 3. Technical standard and intellectual property; 4. Legal protection of computer programs as provided for under EC Directive; 5. Software protection and the EC : the end user position; 6. Current trends regarding the legal protection for computer programs : a European perspective; 7. The scope of the copyright holder's right to adopt computer programs; 8. Recent trends in protection of computer programs : centering around EC Council directive; 9. Development in the law of the United States : applying copyright law to computer programs; 10. The emergence of the new European space for creativity : the example of software; 11. The legal protection of computer programs and aquisition of information; 12. Current trends in Europe on the legal protection of computer programs; 13. Computer program decOMPIlation : a comparison of EC and U.S. approaches; 14. Technical trends of computer software and its intellectual property aspect; 15. Advanced computer systems and their output; 16. Progress of software technologies and legal countermeasures; 17. Some challenges new information technologies pose of existing intellectual property systems; 18. The development of program-related technology and copyright law; 19. Legal aspects of advancing software technology copyright and computer generated works; 20. Patent protection for computer programs in Europe; 21. Patent protection for computer-related inventions under U.S. law; 22. Patent protection for computer-related inventions in Japan; Appendix : 1. Proposal for a Council decision concerning the accession of the Member States to the Berne Convention; 2. Council directive on the legal protection of computer programs; 3. Protecting intellectual property rights within the New Pan-European framework; 4. The state of play in the negotiations on trips; 5. Copyright protection of computer programs in EC, the U.S and Japan; 6. The patentability of software products in Europe at the EPO and at the U.K. Patent Office contrasted with the U.S. PTO; 7. Software protection : Life after the Directive; 8. Patentability of computer programs in the USA;.
ID  - 19883
KW  - Computer software
KW  - Copyright
KW  - Patents
KW  - Intellectual property
KW  - COMPUTER SOFTWARE : LEGAL PROTECTION
KW  - COPYRIGHT PROTECTION FOR COMPUTER PROGRAMS
KW  - EUROPEAN COMMUNITY : COMPUTER PROGRAMS PROTECTION
TI  - International Symposium (2nd) on legal protection of computer software :Proceedings : Toyko, November 7 - 8, 1989.
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