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Legal Protection for the Software Arts — Part 8
Legal Protection for the Software Arts — Part 8
Patent protection is perhaps the most contentious form of IP protection for software. There is no surer way to start a fight amongst the various interest groups interested in patents than to discuss software patents
Legal Protection for the Software Arts — Part 3
Legal Protection for the Software Arts — Part 3
In most jurisdictions around the world, the most common form of protection for software is copyright. In the US, ever since the Alice decision, copyright was thought to be the best form of protection for software.