Thesis (M.A.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1967. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 141-153). Also available in electronic version.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of New South Wales, 2001. / Available via the Australian National University Library Electronic Pre and Post Print Repository. Title from title screen (viewed Mar. 28, 2003). Includes bibliographical references.

This thesis is designed to discuss and compare the legal measures in U.K., U.S., Japan and Korea for protecting computer programs. Following an introductory chapter, the first sUbstantive chapter discusses patent protection of computer-programrelated inventions in those four countries. In interpreting the exclusion of computer programs as such in the British Patents Act 1977 and, also, in implementing the Patent Office's guidelines in U.S., Japan and Korea, their respective Patent Offices and courts are struggling to see what computer-program-related inventions qualify for patentable inventions. The following chapter moves on to copyright protection for computer programs. While Korea has enacted the "computer Program Protection Act", the other three countries all amended their Copyright Act expressly to include computer programs as a copyrightable work. Despite these legislative measures, the legal protection of computer programs still has a few problems, which are dealt with in many sections of this chapter: To what extent structures and interfaces of programs are protected and how far reverse analysis of existing programs is permitted. These unresolved problems under current copyright laws and conflicting decisions of American courts lead to a very serious question whether copyright is really appropriate to protect computer programs. The appropriateness of copyright is questioned again in another chapter which deals with semiconductor layout design legislation. other forms of protection for computer programs are discussed altogether in one chapter. It is found that there are considerable differences between countries in their legal systems concerning contracts, confidential information, unfair competition and utility models. Finally, it is investigated whether the current provisions of international conventions cover computer programs and whether, if so, those national measures for computer programs are consistent with the international conventions. My thesis, then, comes to the conclusion that exi.tinq leqal meaaurea, national or international, are not quite appropriate for protecting computer programs but need further adaptations.

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This thesis examines copyright enforcement in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).  The objective of the thesis is to determine whether UAE copyright law is enforced adequately.  A related issue is whether reforms are needed in the area of copyright enforcement.  The thesis focuses on the different channels of copyright enforcement in the UAE.  Particular attention will be devoted to court procedures which are often overlooked by copyright scholars.  The remedies available to a copyright owner for copyright infringement in current UAE copyright are to bring a civil action and/or to prompt a criminal prosecution and it will be argued that on the face of it, they may not be suitable deterrents.  The thesis argues that UAE administrative enforcement agencies should enforce copyright effectively because stronger criminal penalties and high damages may deter further infringement. Particular attention is paid to the role of the judiciary and administrative measures in the enforcement of copyright protection.  In order to obtain an accurate picture of UAE copyright enforcement, it is necessary to make a close examination of the obstacles hindering copyright protection in the UAE.  It is hoped that the thesis will contribute to the development of copyright enforcement in the UAE.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Boston University / The writer of this dissertation has attempted to do the following: first, to give a chronological history of the struggle for international copyright; second, to present a general description of the economic effects of the lack of international copyright on t he book industry, on the authors concerned, both British and American, and on the American people; third, to determine who favored and who opposed international copyright, and why they did so; fourth, to discover the reasons that the United States delayed so long in adopting copyright for foreigners; and fifth, to establish those causes which eventually led t o the enactment of international copyright laws. In 1790 the United States passed its first copyright act. However, this act did not allow American copyright to foreign authors. It was not until 1836 that there was any important agitation for altering this situation. The first serious att empt to obtain copyright for foreigners came early in 1837, when Henry Clay introduced an international copyright bill in the Senate. This was the real beginning of the struggle. It continued until March, 1891, when Congress passed the Platt-Simonds Bill, the first American international copyright measure. [TRUNCATED]

Thèse--Université de Toulouse. / At head of title: Université de Toulouse--Faculté de droit. "Bibliographie": p. [297]-301.

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