Software Rights: How Patent Law Transformed Software Development in America

"This first comprehensive history of software patenting explores how patent law made software development the powerful industry that it is today. Historian Gerardo Con D???iaz reveals how patent law has transformed the ways computing firms make, own, and profit from software. He shows that securing patent protection for computer programs has been a central concern among computer developers since the 1950s and traces how patents and copyrights became inseparable from software development in the Internet age"-- Read More

"This first comprehensive history of software patenting explores how patent law made software development the powerful industry that it is today. Historian Gerardo Con D???iaz reveals how patent law has transformed the ways computing firms make, own, and profit from software. He shows that securing patent protection for computer programs has been a central concern among computer developers since the 1950s and traces how patents and copyrights became inseparable from software development in the Internet age"-- Read Less

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  	This is a digital edition of this title. Buy eBook Lifetime Access: $35.00 Title: Software Rights by Gerardo Con Diaz Publisher: Yale University Press Print ISBN: 9780300228397, 0300228392 eText ISBN: 9780300249323 Edition: 2019 Format: EPUB eBook	$35.00 Buy eBook This is a digital eBook Nothing will be shipped to you Works with web browsers and the VitalSource app on all Windows, Mac, Chromebook, Kindle Fire, iOS, and Android devices Most eBooks are returnable within 14 days of purchase Questions? See our eBook FAQ