Abstract
The Supreme Court's landmark ruling "Lotus Development Corp vs Paperback Software International" is critiqued. The ruling did not resolve the issue of whether copyright law protects user interfaces.
Citation
Pamela Samuelson,
Computer Programs, User Interfaces, and Section 102(b) of the Copyright Act of 1976: A Critique of Lotus v. Paperback,
55 Law and Contemporary Problems
311-353
(Spring 1992)
Available at: https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/lcp/vol55/iss2/17
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