Software engineers overwhelmingly dislike software patents and consider nearly all of them obvious. Are they correct … software more frequently. The author, a software engineer, argues that "obvious to try," a principle well understood in the … context of pharmaceutical patents, is ripe for appropriation in the software patent context. Several cases are explored to …

In this paper the various aspects and issues related to software piracy and their impact on the society as well as on … case related to software piracy in India and in US. Software piracy is a global issue and it is also a victimless crime …

While software interoperability can be achieved under European competition law, there may be a need for more structural …

software and other files without their permission and access copyrighted works beyond or in violation of access limitations … models. What happens in the cloud, stays in the cloud. In the cloud, software is no longer commercialized by way of … distribution of copies to users. Instead, users remotely access and use software copies that remain on the cloud provider’s servers …

Software presents important aspects of heterogeneity compared to other intellectual works governed by Intellectual … Property Rights (IPRs). This paper focuses on the analysis of the two main forms of software protection (copyright and patent …

conferring upon the owners of software the powers that went with the ownership of real property in feudal regimes. This Article …

An enduring issue that intrigues researchers and practitioners in open-source software (OSS) development is what …

Many medical devices contain proprietary or off-the-shelf software, which the device relies on for its operation. Like … most software, this software often contains errors and vulnerabilities that may lead to malfunction or failures either as a … result of the error itself or due to malware infection, or cybersecurity threats. Software errors and vulnerabilities are …

Software firms often remove some functions of his product and sell the damaged version at a lower or zero price. This …