Title :
Finding the trap door through patent protection of busses
Author_Institution :
Spensley Horn Jubas & Lubitz, Los Angeles, CA, USA
fDate :
Feb. 29 1988-March 3 1988
Abstract :
The notion of an implied license, which may furnish a way for peripheral manufacturers to get around patent protection of busses, is discussed. Implied licenses exist whenever a patent owner sells part of a patented combination where the part sold has no practical use except in the patented combination. Limitations on implied licenses are described, and the extension of implied licenses are considered.<>
Keywords :
computer interfaces; industrial property; legislation; busses; implied license; patent owner; patent protection; patented combination; peripheral manufacturers; trap door; Computer hacking; Computer security; Educational institutions; Licenses; Manufacturing; Microcomputers; Pricing; Profitability; Protection; Wires;
Conference_Titel :
Compcon Spring '88. Thirty-Third IEEE Computer Society International Conference, Digest of Papers
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-0828-5
DOI :
10.1109/CMPCON.1988.4892
