TY - GEN T1 - What is protected in a computer program? :copyright protection in the United States and Europe / AU - Drexl, Josef, AU - Planck, Max, VL - v. 15 CN - K1443.C6 N1 - Price : SFR; Supplier : Literart, Geneva; Recd 24/11/94; 2nd copy, gift from the author; Contents : 1. Introduction; 2. What makes computer programs different : A. Computer programs as utilitarian works; B. Lack of communicative purpose; C. Specific policy reasons in the field of software copyright; 3. The law in the United States and Europe : A. Development of software protection in the United States; B. Development of software protection in Germany (Prior to 1993); C. Copyright protection in other European countries prior to implementation of the EC Directive; 4. America and Europe compared : A. Where does the comparison go? B. Originality and the idea/expression dichotomy; C. Originality (test of copyrightability); D. Idea/expression dichotomy (infringement); 5. The EC software directive : A. Effect and implementation of the Directive; B. Originality and the idea/expression dichotomy; C. Reverse engineering (decOMPIlation); 6. Conclusion;. N1 - Revision of the author's thesis (LL. M.)--University of California at Berkeley, 1993. ID - 20549 KW - Copyright KW - Computer software KW - Copyright KW - Copyright infringement KW - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA : COMPUTER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW KW - COMPUTER PROGRAM : COPYRIGHT PROTECTION : UNITED STATES OF AMERICA KW - COMPUTER PROGRAM : COPYRIGHT PROTECTION : EUROPE KW - EUROPE : COMPUTER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW KW - COPYRIGHT : COMPUTER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW AND PROTECTION : CHINA KW - Droit d'auteur SN - 3527286888 TI - What is protected in a computer program? :copyright protection in the United States and Europe / ER -