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Computer software: Legal protection in the United Kingdom - Hardcover

Carr, Henry

 
9780421443808: Computer software: Legal protection in the United Kingdom

Synopsis

This updated edition of the legal aspects of computer software security includes mention of the EC Directive on the Protection of Computer Software, the Computer Misuse Act, the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and its secondary legislation, and various relevant Court of Appeal decisions. It deals with issues such as the nature of computer programs, the ideal type of protection, competing policy considerations, breach of confidence, subsistence of copyright, the patentability of computer programs, infringement of copy agent and remedies.

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Review

This book is an essential addition to the libraries of both practitioners and scholars in the field of software protection. International Journal of Legal Information (of the first edition).

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