The Atari Games court reasoned that because 17 U.S.C. § 101 provides that, “[a] ‘computer program’ is a set of statements or instructions to be used directly or indirectly in a computer in ...

In its recent judgment in Sony Interactive Entertainment v. Datel, the CJEU ruled on the specific copyright protection of computer programs under Directive 2009/24/EC (Case C‑159/23). The CJEU ...

Whether copyright protection extends to a software interface; and 2) Whether Google’s use of a software interface in the context of creating a new computer program constitutes fair use.

Software is a set of instructions, written in computer code, that tells a computer how to behave or how to perform a specific task. Software usually comes in the form of commercial programs (like ...

European software developers may be smirking today. The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled yesterday that functions performed by computer programs are not entitled to copyright protection.

By way of example, where the Indian Patent Act was previously silent on computer programs, the Act as amended by Act No 15 of April 4, 2005, s 3(k) now provides that a computer program per se is ...

When Herrington returned to the company in 2014 he was required to sign a confidentiality agreement. In that he agreed he would not copy, publish, convey, disclose nor use, directly or indirectly ...

The IRS is using some computer software that it hasn't paid for, and is paying for other programs its employees aren't even using, according to a new audit released Tuesday that said the tax ...

Dr. Cheryl Frederick. Dr. Cheryl Frederick, executive director of STEM programs at Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU), said computer programming is a collaborative process, with a variety of ...

Europe's highest court has ruled that the functionality of a computer program and the programming language cannot be protected by copyright. The Court of Justice of the EU went on to say in its ...