• DocumentCode
    1043001
  • Title

    Patent Protection and the Computing Arts

  • Author

    Frank, Robert J.

  • Author_Institution
    Spencer & Kaye
  • Volume
    12
  • Issue
    7
  • fYear
    1979
  • fDate
    7/1/1979 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    66
  • Lastpage
    73
  • Abstract
    The Constitution affords patent protection to inventions within the "useful arts," but not to scientific—or mathematical— discoveries. What, then, is a computer program\´s algorithm?
  • Keywords
    Computer industry; Copyright protection; Hardware; Legal factors; Patent law; Patents; Software;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computer
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9162
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MC.1979.1658817
  • Filename
    1658817