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Software development : a legal guide / [print] by Stephen Fishman ; edited by Stephen Elias, Ralph Warner and Lisa Goldoftas. - first national edition. - Berkeley : Nolo Press, (c)1994. - 1 volume (various pagings) : forms ; 23 cm. +

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Ch. 1. How to use this book -- Ch. 2. Introduction to intellectual property -- Ch. 3. Copyright protection for software -- Ch. 4. Trade secret protection -- Ch. 5. Software patents Ch. 6. Trademarks and software -- Ch. 7. Workers in the software industry: workers vs. independent contractors -- Ch. 8. Ownership of software created by employees and independent contractors -- Ch. 9. Employment agreements -- Ch. 10. Agreements with independent contractors -- Ch. 11. Agreements for development of custom software -- Ch. 12. Software author's guide to publishing agreements -- Ch. 13. Multimedia projects -- Ch. 14. Help beyond this book -- Appendix. Analysis of the Compton Multimedia Search System patent. Leigh Hunt Firestone --



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