Title :
Protect your intellectual property
Author :
Oman, Paul W. ; Saeed, Talel
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Idaho Univ., Moscow, ID, USA
fDate :
4/1/1990 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
An explanation is given of the four basic mechanisms for safeguarding intellectual property rights: copyrights, patent rights, trademarks, and trade secret laws. The extent to which they can be applied to computer hardware and software, and to what purpose and with what results, is explored.<>
Keywords :
government policies; industrial property; legislation; computer hardware; computer software; copyrights; intellectual property; patent rights; trade secret laws; trademarks; Circuits; Cloning; Copyright protection; Embedded software; Hardware; Intellectual property; Motion pictures; National electric code; Plagiarism; Writing;
Journal_Title :
Potentials, IEEE
