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This work analyses the scope of copyright protection for computer software in the United Kingdom,and examines challenges for the future. The work presents the case for the adoption and application of infringement methodology emanating from the courts in the United States, resulting in a narrower scope of protection than is presently argued for by many UK academics, practitioners and judges alike. The work makes a careful evaluation of the efficacy of the various prevailing tests for infringement of copyright in software and their progenies, suggesting an improved formula and advocating the utility of limiting doctrines to assist in the determination of substantial similarity of particular non-literal software elements, user interfaces and screen display protection. The monograph also contains a detailed study of reverse engineering, copyright defences, permitted acts, database protection and the copyright-contract interface in the context of computer software, not omitting crucial discussions of the internet, digital dissemination and the impact of recent treaty and legislative initiatives on British copyright law. As such it will be an important resource for practitioners, lecturers and students alike.

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This is a well-written and highly useful book.Jeremy Phillips, Slaughter and May, LondonEuropean Intellectual Property ReviewJuly 2001one of the most attractive features of this book is the lengthy (34-page) Appendix offering a simplified account of the technological detailDr Lais book presents a well written, comprehensive and detailed expositionThere is no question that Dr Lais book amounts to a definitive resource for intellectual property lawyers, academics and researchers both in the UK and elsewhere. Its usefulness is strengthened by the extensive footnoting which supplements the body textAnne FitzgeraldCTLRJune 2002

This is a well-written and highly useful book. Jeremy Phillips, Slaughter and May, London European Intellectual Property Review July 2001 ...one of the most attractive features of this book is the lengthy (34-page) Appendix offering a simplified account of the technological detailDr Lais book presents a well written, comprehensive and detailed expositionThere is no question that Dr Lais book amounts to a definitive resource for intellectual property lawyers, academics and researchers both in the UK and elsewhere. Its usefulness is strengthened by the extensive footnoting which supplements the body text Anne Fitzgerald CTLR June 2002

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Stanley Lai is a lawyer with the firm Lee & Lee in Singapore.

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