Inventing Software: The Rise of Computer-Related Patents

by Kenneth Nichols

Book Overview

Since the introduction of personal computers, software has emerged as a driving force in the global economy and a major industry in its own right. During this time, the U.S. government has reversed its prior policy against software patents and is now issuing thousands of such patents each year, provoking heated controversy among programmers, lawyers, scholars, and software companies. This book is the first to step outside of the highly-polarized...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1567201407
• ISBN13: 9781567201406
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.5"