bjz@a.sei.cmu.edu (Barbara Zayas) (02/22/86)
Software Protection Symposium To Be Held in Pittsburgh 4-5 April 1986 PITTSBURGH -- "The Future of Software Protection", a two-day symposium scheduled for 4-5 April 1986, will bring prominent legal scholars and others together to discuss one of the most crucial and controversial legal issues of the day. The symposium is jointly sponsored by the Software Engineering Institute and the University of Pittsburgh Law Review. The program will focus on intellectual property law and whether it can evolve to provide adequate protection for software. Topics to be discussed during the one and a half days include patent protection for algorithms, simultaneous copyright/trade secret protection, scope of fair use in copyright cases, ownership rights in computer generated works, and sui generis protection for software without legislation. Discussion on the second day will center on the Department of Defense's software procurement policy. The registration fee of $100 includes the University of Pittsburgh Law Review issue in which articles by the major speakers will be published. For further information, please contact Carol Biesecker, [412] 268-7786. ----------