Add to ORKGThe non-literal elements of a computer program, such as its user interface, are crucial in determining that program\u27s success on the commercial market. Such non-literal elements represent a substantial portion of the development costs of a program, but they are quite inexpensive to copy. Courts are currently unable to agree on the extent to which copyright law offers protection to the non-literal elements of computer programs, leaving the industry uncertain and hesitant to develop new user interfaces. This article develops a principled approach for determining the proper scope of copyright protection for the nonliteral elements of computer programs
This Comment recommends how courts should apply the substantial similarity analysis to user interfac...
The Copyright Act protects computer programs, but the exact scope of protection has never been firml...
The United States blazed the trail in giving copyright protection for software. Until just recently,...
The non-literal elements of a computer program, such as its user interface, are crucial in determini...
This article examines the issues surrounding software copyright protection and the problem of incons...
The goal of copyright law is [t]o promote the Progress of Science and Useful Arts. It is premised ...
A conflict exists between copyright law and antitrust policy. The conflict arises because pursuant t...
Although most court cases involving copyright protection of the user interface appear to have been d...
Courts focus on the Substantial Similarity test to determine copyright infringement. They also use t...
The author approaches the problem of software patents from the perspective of copyright, where the d...
This Note proposes a set of computer program part definitions that develop Learned Hand\u27s abstrac...
Courts considering the alleged copying of the structure, rather than literal copying of the text, of...
Since the Third Circuit\u27s decision in Whelan Associates, Inc. v. Jaslow Dental Laboratory, Inc. e...
The Supreme Court\u27s landmark ruling Lotus Development Corp vs Paperback Software International ...
Currently available methods of legal protection are inappropriate for software. Because copyright la...
This Comment recommends how courts should apply the substantial similarity analysis to user interfac...
The Copyright Act protects computer programs, but the exact scope of protection has never been firml...
The United States blazed the trail in giving copyright protection for software. Until just recently,...
The non-literal elements of a computer program, such as its user interface, are crucial in determini...
This article examines the issues surrounding software copyright protection and the problem of incons...
The goal of copyright law is [t]o promote the Progress of Science and Useful Arts. It is premised ...
A conflict exists between copyright law and antitrust policy. The conflict arises because pursuant t...
Although most court cases involving copyright protection of the user interface appear to have been d...
Courts focus on the Substantial Similarity test to determine copyright infringement. They also use t...
The author approaches the problem of software patents from the perspective of copyright, where the d...
This Note proposes a set of computer program part definitions that develop Learned Hand\u27s abstrac...
Courts considering the alleged copying of the structure, rather than literal copying of the text, of...
Since the Third Circuit\u27s decision in Whelan Associates, Inc. v. Jaslow Dental Laboratory, Inc. e...
The Supreme Court\u27s landmark ruling Lotus Development Corp vs Paperback Software International ...
Currently available methods of legal protection are inappropriate for software. Because copyright la...
This Comment recommends how courts should apply the substantial similarity analysis to user interfac...
The Copyright Act protects computer programs, but the exact scope of protection has never been firml...
The United States blazed the trail in giving copyright protection for software. Until just recently,...