DocumentCode
878218
Title
A back door to protecting look and feel? [micro law]
Author
Stern, Richard H.
Author_Institution
Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, Arlington, VA, USA
Volume
13
Issue
2
fYear
1993
fDate
4/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
74
Lastpage
76
Abstract
Several court decisions concerning copyright law protection for the sequence, structure, and organization (SSO) of computer programs, alias ´protection or nonliteral program elements´, alias ´look and feel´, are discussed. The cases involved are Computer Associates International, Inc. v. Altai, Inc.; Whelan Associates, Inc. v. Jaslow Dental Laboratory, Inc.; Baker v. Selden; and Bonito Boats, Inc. v. Thunder Craft Boats, Inc.<>
Keywords
copy protection; industrial property; computer programs; copyright law protection; organization; sequence; structure; Band pass filters; Circuits; Computer aided manufacturing; Computer industry; Dentistry; Filtering; Filtration; Manufacturing industries; Protection; User interfaces;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Micro, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0272-1732
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/40.207091
Filename
207091
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