Xref: utzoo comp.sys.amiga:64140 comp.sys.misc:2919 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!newstop!sun!stpeter.Eng.Sun.COM!cmcmanis From: cmcmanis@stpeter.Eng.Sun.COM (Chuck McManis) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.misc Subject: Software Patents Keywords: real information Message-ID: <141171@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> Date: 22 Aug 90 22:49:57 GMT Sender: news@sun.Eng.Sun.COM Followup-To: comp.sys.misc Lines: 20 Some recent flamage provided a wealth of misinformation and helpful but unsure information in the area of Software Patents. If this stuff interests you (and it should since it seems to be a new money making business ala DEC, Lotus, etc) check out the following book : Patent Protection for Computer Software (c) 1989 Michael Keplinger, Ronald Laurie Prentice Hall Law & Business (publishers) 910 Sylvan Ave, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632 (No ISBN number available) This has everything you need to understand what is patentable in the U.S. -- --Chuck McManis Sun Microsystems uucp: {anywhere}!sun!cmcmanis BIX: Internet: cmcmanis@Eng.Sun.COM These opinions are my own and no one elses, but you knew that didn't you. "I tell you this parrot is bleeding deceased!"