Date   : Fri, 17 Jan 1986102:15:00-MST
From   : Barbara.Zayas@cmu-sei-a.ARPA
Subject: Software Protection Symposium

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.