"Softwars: The Legal Battles for Control of the Global Software
Industry" explains why the future of the computer industry depends
on the nature and extent of intellectual property protection for
the software that controls computer hardware. The softwars it
discusses are the confrontations taking place in the courtroom, in
the legislative chambers and in professional symposia around the
world in which the scope of intellectual property protection for
computer software is being debated and, in some cases, determined.
In a highly readable and entertaining series of essays, the author
explains the influences of clones, hackers, vendors of proprietary
systems, vendors of open systems, software patents, copyrights and
trade secrets on the evolution of the industry. No other book to
date has provided either as lucid a description of the major
litigation involving software protection or as cogent an analysis
of the economic and strategic consequences of that litigation.
"SoftwarS" is divided into five parts, each consisting of two or
more essays. In Part I, the author discusses the nature of computer
programs and the history of intellectual property protection for
computer programs. Part II deals with the look and feel issue; it
explains what constitutes infringement of rights in screen displays
and other aspects of user interfaces, and the importance of the
issue. Part III concerns the practice known as reverse engineering
of software; who does it, why, and what the legal and economic
consequences are. In Part IV, the reader is led to the boundaries
of the legal debate, where the limits of the law are being tested.
Part V is the author's conclusion and prognostications for the
future of the computer industry and the law. Anyone interested in
the intersection of law and technology, and particularly those
involved in the computer industry, will find Softwars valuable and
compelling reading.
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