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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Office of Technology Assessment. – 1990
This background paper reviews copyright, patent, and trade secret protections as these issues are related to computer software. Topics discussed include current issues regarding legal protection for computer software including the necessity for defining intellectual property, determining what should or should not be protected, commerical piracy,…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Copyrights, Intellectual Property, International Trade
International Trade Administration (DOC), Washington, DC. – 1983
A series of meetings was held to assess future problems in United States high technology, particularly in the fields of robotics, computers, semiconductors, and telecommunications. This report, which focuses on the computer industry, includes a profile of this industry and the papers presented by industry speakers during the meetings. The profile…
Descriptors: Competition, Computer Software, Computers, Economics