Software IP: The 20th Annual BCLT/BTLJ Symposium – Intellectual Property Protections for Computer Programs Past, Present, and Future
April 14th, 2016
Setting the Stage: The Evolution of Intellectual Property Protection for Software
Panel 1: Claims of Copyright in APIs and the Significance of Interoperability
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- Jonathan Band, Oracle v. Google and Interoperability (slides)
- Oracle v. Google, 750 F.3d 1339 (Fed Cir. 2014)
- Peter S. Menell, An Epitaph for Traditional Copyright Protection of Network Features of Computer Software, 43 Antitrust Bull. 651 (1998)
- Pamela Samuelson, The Strange Odyssey of Software Interfaces and Intellectual Property Law (Dec. 12, 2008)
- Randal Picker, Access v. Functionality (single slide)
Panel 2: The Proper Scope of Copyright in Software and Tests for Infringement
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- Michael Headley, The Proper Scope of Copyright in Software and Tests for Infringement (slides)
- Peter S. Menell, An Analysis of the Scope of Copyright Protection for Application Programs, 41 Stan. L. Rev. 1045 (1989)
- Pamela Samuelson, Why Copyright Law Excludes Systems and Processes From the Scope of its Protection, 85 Tex. L. Rev. 1921 (2007)
- Raymond T. Nimmer & Patricia Ann Krauthaus, Software Copyright: Sliding Scales and Abstracted Expression, 32 Hous. L. Rev. 317 (1995)
- Ronald Johnston, Just When We Thought “Things Never Change” — Will Lightening Strike Twice? (2016)
Panel 3: After Alice, Are Software Innovations Ever Patentable Subject Matter?
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- Alice Corp. Pty. Ltd . CLS Bank Int’l, 134 S. Ct. 2347 (2014)
- Annal D. Vyas, Alice in Wonderland v. CLS Bank: The Supreme Court’s Fantastic Adventure Into Section 101 Abstract Idea Jurisprudence, 9 Akron Intell. Prop. J. 1 (2015)
- Jonas Anderson, Applying Patent-Eligible Subject Matter Restrictions, 17 Vand. J. Ent. & Tech. L. 267 (2015)
- Mark Flanagan, Motion Success After Alice (slides)
Panel 4: After Williamson, Are Functional Claims for Software Viable?
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- Williamson v. Citrix Online, LLC, 792 F.3d 1339 (Fed. Cir. 2015)
- Daniel Nazer, Williamson v. Citrix Online: The Demise, Return, and Second Demise(?) of Functional Claiming (slides)
- Kevin E. Collins, Patent Law’s Functionality Malfunction and the Problem of Overbroad, Functional Software Patents, 90 Wash. U. L. Rev. 1399 (2013)
- Kevin E. Collins, The Williamson Revolution in Software’s Structure, Berkeley Tech. L.J. (forthcoming)
- Lee Van Pelt, Functional Claims (slides)
- Mark A. Lemley, Software Patents and The Return of Functional Claiming, 2013 Wis. L. Rev. 905 (2013)
April 15th, 2016
“Keynote Address”
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Panel 1: Trade Secret Protection for Software
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- Deborah Azar, A Method to Protect Computer Programs: The Integration of Copyright, Trade Secrets, and Anticircumvention Measures, 2008 Utah L. Rev. 1395 (2008)
- Michael A. Jacobs, Trade Secret Damages (slides)
- Michael Risch, Hidden in Plain Sight (2016), Berkeley Tech. L.J. (forthcoming)
Panel 2: How Has Software Licensing Affected Software Markets?
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- Aaron Perzanowski, The End of Ownership (slides)
- Colleen V. Chien, The Market for Software Innovation through the Lens of Patent Licenses and Sales (slides)
- Colleen V. Chien, The Market for Software Innovation Through the Lens of Patent Licenses and Sales, Berkeley Tech. L.J. (2016)
- Robert W. Gomulkiewicz, Enforcement of Open Source Software Licenses: The MDY Trio’s Inconvenient Complications, 14 Yale J. L. & Tech. 106 (2011)
- Lothar Determann & David Nimmer, Software Copyright’s Oracle From the Cloud, 30 Berkeley Tech. L.J. 161 (2015)
- Brian W. Carver, Why License Agreements Do Not Control Copy Ownership: First Sales and Essential Copies, 25 Berkeley Tech. L.J. 1887 (2010)
Panel 3: Empirical Studies of IP Protections for Software: What Do We Know and Not Know?
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- Pamela Samuelson, Changing Significance of IP to Software Firms? (slides)
- Pamela Samuelson, The Uneasy Case for Software Copyrights Revisited, 79 Wash. L. Rev. 1746 (2011)
- Aarthi S. Anand, “Less Is More”: New Property Paradigm In The Information Age?, 11 Duke L. & Tech. Rev. 65 (2012)
- John R. Allison, Some Things We Know About Software Patents From Empirical Research (slides)
- Stuart J.H. Graham et al., High Technology Entrepreneurs and The Patent System: Results of The 2008 Berkeley Patent Survey, 24 Berkeley Tech. L.J. 1255 (2009)
Panel 4: The Future of IP Protections for Software and Evolving Business Models
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