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Computer programs, as legitimate original inventions or creative written expressions, are entitled to patent or copyright protection. Understanding the legal implications of this concept is crucial to both computer programmers and their employers in our increasingly computer-oriented way of life. Basically the copyright or patent procedure involves (1) creativity, (2) an application for copyright registration or patent to the appropriate government office, (3) a notice on the original publication or patented process, and (4) various contractual agreements between the originator and the user of the written idea or invention. Both the creator and the user can lose financially by now adhering to these rules. If the programmer does not protect his procedures others may appropriate them for a profit without compensating him. On the other hand, any industry using a computes program risks infringement of patent or copyright it the program's origin and reservations on use are no