Information Technology and Law

CHAPTER 1 Introduction

CHAPTER 2 The Development of Computer Software and its Market

2.1 Introduction
2.2 History of Computer Software
2.3 An Introduction to Computer Technology
2.4 Software Development
2.5 Characteristics of Modern Software Development
2.6 Development of Software Market
2.7 Summary and Implications


CHAPTER 3 Patent Protection of Software-related Inventions

3.1 In General
3.2 Software Patent in the US
3.3 Software Patents in the EPO
3.4 Software Patents in Japan


CHAPTER 4 Business Method Patents and Protection by Patent Law

4.1 Introduction
4.2 Critical Issues in BMPs
4.3 BMPs in the US
4.4 BMPs in the EPO
4.5 BMPs in Japan
4.6 BMPs in Korea
4.7 Report on Comparative Study Carried Out under Trilateral Project 24.2
4.8 Summary of Software Patenting


CHAPTER 5 Economic Review of Software Protection by Existing Regimes

5.1 In General
5.2 Characteristics of Software
5.3 Nature of the Software Industry, the Internet and E-commerce
5.4 Desirability of Software Patenting
5.5 Copyright Protection for Software
5.6 Desirability of Business Method Patenting
5.7 Conclusion


CHAPTER 6 Alternative Proposals

6.1 Market-Oriented Legal Regime
6.2 Compensatory Liability Regime
6.3 Utility Models
6.4 Direct Protection of Innovation
6.5 Self-Help System


CHAPTER 7 Evaluation, Conclusion and Suggestions

7.1 Evaluation
7.2 Conclusion
7.3 Suggestions for the Introduction of the Direct Protection

Bibliography

1. Primary Sources
2. Secondary Sources