Intellectual Property Boston College Law School March 17, 2008 Software - Scope

Issues Copyrightability –Object Code –Source Code –Non-Literal Structures –Functional Elements –Screen Displays –User Interfaces

Lotus v. Borland Global Insert Delete Column-Width Erase Titles Window A B C D E F G H I J K Worksheet Range Copy Move File Print Graph Data Quit

Lotus v. Borland Possible Grounds for Decision –Not Protectible Method of operation - no protection at all (majority) –Protectible but No Liability Merger - expressive elements merged with method Fair Use (Boudin) –Protectible and Liability Copied expressive elements (district court)

Apple Desktop?

Data East v. Epyx Data East: Karate Champ Epyx: World Karate Champ

Level of Protection

Apple v. Microsoft Windows 3.0 (1990) Mac OS (1987)

Administrative Next Class –V.B.2 – Fair Use –V.B.3 – Open Source