Klemens, Ben.

Math you can't use patents, copyright, and software / [electronic resource] : Math you cannot use Math you can not use Ma+h you can't use Ben Klemens. - Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2006. - ix, 181 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-170) and index.

Introduction -- Optimal breadth -- From equations to software -- Patenting math -- Profiting from overbroad patents -- The decentralized software market -- Interoperability -- Protecting text -- Policy recommendations.

"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.


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2009.
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Intellectual property.
Intellectual property--United States.
Computer software--Law and legislation.


Electronic books.

K1519.C6 / .K54 2006eb