TY - BOOK AU - Rao, A.V. Narsimha (Ed.) TI - Software Patents: Legal Perspectives SN - 9788131406533 U1 - 346.0486 PY - 2007/// CY - Hyderabad PB - ICFAI KW - Patent N1 - Table of Contents: Chapter 1. The Software Patent Experiment Chapter 2. Evolution of Industry Knowledge in the Public Domain: Prior Art Searching for Software Patents Chapter 3. Software Patents: What Does " Means"Mean? Chapter 4. Designing Optimal Software Patents Chapter 5. Extending Software Patents: Those who Live by the Sword, Die by the Sword Chapter 6. Software Patents Consider Harmful Chapter 7. Software Patents and Open Source: the Battle over Intellectual Property Rights Chapter 8. Legal Challenges to Open Source Licenses Chapter 9. TRIPS and Software Patents in Japan Chapter 10. The Patent ability of Software in the U. S. and Europe Chapter 11. Analysis of Software Patent ability in Europe Chapter 12. Software Patents, the FTA, and the End of All Things List of Cases Index ER -