Patent preemption of computer software contracts restricting reverse engineering: the last stand?
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Private contractual agreements present an alternative for states wishing to protect computer software but faced with federal pre-emption of state laws restricting reverse engineering of computer software. Reverse engineering poses a threat to software developers' ability to benefit from research and development investments. Patent law is exclusively federal, but contractual agreements that restrict users should not be pre-empted by federal law.
Publication Name: Columbia Law Review
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0010-1958
Year: 1995
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The property/contract interface
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The authors focus on the distinction between property rights and contract rights. Institutions that lie along the property/contact interface, including bailment, landlord-tenant law, security interests, and trusts, are examined.
Publication Name: Columbia Law Review
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0010-1958
Year: 2001
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