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The Policy Implications Of Granting Patent Protection To Computer Software: An Economic Analysis, Jeffrey S. Goodman
The Policy Implications Of Granting Patent Protection To Computer Software: An Economic Analysis, Jeffrey S. Goodman
Vanderbilt Law Review
This Note analyzes the propriety of granting patent law protection to computer software by viewing this problem from economic, legal, public and technological policy perspectives. Part II explains the relationship between computer hardware and software, discusses the role of algorithms in software development,and traces the development of the computer software industry.Part III analyzes the economic policies underlying the patent system. Part IV identifies the patent law principles that are relevant to the software patentability issue and discusses their underlying policy foundations. Part V examines the Supreme Court's application of these principles in the leading software patent cases and concludes that …
Blanket Licensing Of Music Performing Rights: Possible Solutions To The Copyright-Antitrust Conflict, Mary K. Kennedy
Blanket Licensing Of Music Performing Rights: Possible Solutions To The Copyright-Antitrust Conflict, Mary K. Kennedy
Vanderbilt Law Review
This Recent Development compares Buffalo Broadcasting with other blanket licensing decisions and predicts the reversal of Buffalo Broadcasting on appeal. Part II of this Recent Development discusses the organization and operation of the performing rights societies. Part III focuses on the pertinent antitrust principles and the history of antitrust litigation between the performing rights societies and various licensees. Part IV examines recent decisions addressing blanket licenses in which courts have used similar analyses yet reached differing results. Part V analyzes possible solutions to the conflict between antitrust and copyright laws in the blanket licensing context and concludes that resolution of …