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Patent Scope and Innovation in the Software Industry
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Introduction 4 I. Software Patents: History, Practice, and Theory 7 A. History: The Section 101 Patentability Debate 8 B. Practice: Anything Goes? 11 C. Theory: Software Patents and the “Prospect” Theory of Patent Scope 14 II. Reverse Engineering Patented Software 16 A. Software-Specific Barriers to Lawful Reverse Engineering of Patented Inventions 17 B. Innovation and Reverse Engineering: An Industry-Based Analysis 21