Math you can't use
Subtitle: patents, copyright, and software
By: Ben Klemens.
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 181
ISBN-13: 9780815749424
Subjects: Intellectual property.; Intellectual property -- United States.; Computer software -- Law and legislation.
Description: "Gathering persepectives from law, computer science, mathematics, and economics, examines the intellectual property issues surrounding computer software and suggests how patents might accommodate the unique structure of code and copyright for software could be more effectively implemented"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Optimal breadth; title: From equations to software; title: Patenting math; title: Profiting from overbroad patents; title: The decentralized software market; title: Interoperability; title: Protecting text; title: Policy recommendations.