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As a result of the incorporation of computer software into countless commercial and industrial products, the patentability of software has become a vital issue in intellectual property law. This indispensable book provides an overview on the current status of computer-implemented inventions in patent law across Europe and major jurisdictions worldwide. A hugely practical field research tool with guidance based on case law, it examines the major hurdles in each particular country and describes the best practice to be adopted. Clearly showing how enforceable software patent applications can be competitively drafted and how a patent portfolio for computer-implemented inventions can be establish...
The software industry is regarded as one of the most creative and dynamic industries in the world. At the same time, sheltering software through copyright and patent law has been a major point of contention for the past 40 years. This doctoral thesis aims to provide new insights to this discussion. Through the use of sociological methodology, it supplies the necessary basic scientific reasearch regarding how software is developed and commercialized nowadays. Based on these findings, it then legally evaluates to what extent copyright and patent law are able to reflect these structures and determines how an optimal protection scope for computer programs could look like today. This doctoral thesis on one hand offers novel insights and points of view on existing legal doctrines. It further acknowledges as well as legally qualifies some prevailing trends in the software industry, such as Scrum and continuous delivery, that have so far been largely unaddressed by copyright and patent law.
Blockchain’s significant advances since 2020 – including a plethora of new use cases – have necessitated a comprehensive revision of the first edition of this matchless resource. While new chapters and topics have been added, the handbook still follows the systematic and structured approach of the first edition. Each contributor – all of them practitioners experienced with blockchain projects within their respective areas of expertise and specific jurisdictions – elucidates the implications of blockchain technology and related legal issues under such headings as the following: understanding blockchain from a technological point of view; regulatory aspects of blockchain; smart contr...
A finalidade essencial é a publicação de um Código anotado no sentido rigoroso da expressão, isto é, apoiado numa base científica robusta, sem perder de vista o interesse prático que a melhor teoria nunca deve desvalorizar. Antecedendo a parte comentada, é de referir ainda, pelo seu interesse, a abordagem, de enquadramento geral, da evolução histórica de proteção da propriedade industrial numa perspetiva internacional, europeia e nacional. Luís Couto Gonçalves, Professor na Escola de Direito da Universidade do Minho CORRIGENDA Na nota de rodapé no 1719 desta obra, a marca registada “Jeep”, por lapso, consta na parte inicial quando devia ser referida na parte final, onde são indicadas marcas que constituem exemplos ilustrativos de publicidade corretiva efetuada, ao longo do tempo, pelos respetivos titulares.
Das Buch behandelt die Frage nach dem Bestehen von Verkehrspflichten des Nutzers autonomer Systeme. Es geht also um: 1) Autonome Systeme: Das sind besonders selbständige künstliche Intelligenzen. 2) Die Nutzer solcher Systeme: Die Frage der Haftung für künstliche Intelligenz beschränkt sich sowohl in der Wissenschaft als auch beim Gesetzgeber auf den Hersteller. Kontrastierend dazu beschäftigt sich die Arbeit mit der Haftung des Nutzers. 3) Verkehrspflichten: Die Arbeit rekurriert als Anknüpfung für eine mögliche Haftung auf die Verkehrspflichten und dazugehörige Bereiche.
A mundialização do comércio de bens e serviços a partir, sobretudo, de 1995 transformou a nossa forma de perspetivar os bens intelectuais criados pelos seres humanos e corporizados nestas realidades. Quer as inovações tecnológicas materializadas em produtos e processos resultantes da atual 4a Revolução Industrial (v.g., na biotecnologia com a "edição genética" e a proteómica; na ciência da computação, bioinformática, «inteligência artificial», nanotecnologia), quer a identificação dos produtos ou serviços com sinais (e símbolos) cada vez mais sofisticados destinados a influenciar as nossas escolhas aquisitivas implicam uma tutela substantiva e processual supranacional dos direitos de propriedade intelectual, em particular do direito de patente e do direito de marca. Este livro visa dar conta de uma parte da «europeização» do regime jurídico destes tipos ou categorias de propriedade intelectual, sem perder de vista o direito português.
Bereits seit den Anfängen des Patentrechts sind Algorithmen als mathematische Methoden von einer Patentierung ausgeschlossen. Während dieser Ausschluss einerseits nur noch selten in Frage gestellt wird, erlangt andererseits die Patentierung von Computerprogrammen bzw. computerimplementierten Erfindungen eine immer größere Bedeutung in der Praxis, obwohl jedem Computerprogramm ein Algorithmus zugrunde liegt. Angesichts dieses augenscheinlichen Widerspruchs stellt sich die Frage, ob und gegebenenfalls unter welchen Umständen Algorithmen einem Patentschutz zugänglich sein sollen – und damit auch die sie umsetzenden Computerprogramme. Dabei ist es nicht nur von Bedeutung, ob Algorithmen als solche schutzfähig sind, sondern gerade auch, wie es um die Patentierung von Erfindungen bestellt ist, die neben Algorith-men weitere Merkmale bzw. Lehren enthalten.