COMPUTERS AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY ONE HUNDRED FIRST CONGRESS FIRST AND SECOND SESSIONS NOVEMBER 8, 1989, AND MARCH 7, 1990 Serial No. 119 Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 33-652 5 WASHINGTON : 1991 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402 COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY JACK BROOKS, Texas, Chairman CARLOS J. MOORHEAD, California HENRY J. HYDE, Illinois ROMANO L. MAZZOLI, Kentucky F. JAMES SENSENBRENNER, JR., WILLIAM J. HUGHES, New Jersey Wisconsin MIKE SYNAR, Oklahoma BILL MOCOLLUM, Florida PATRICIA SCHROEDER, Colorado GEORGE W. GEKAS, Pennsylvania DAN GLICKMAN, Kansas MICHAEL DEWINE, Ohio BARNEY FRANK, Massachusetts WILLIAM E. DANNEMEYER, California GEO. W. CROCKETT, JR., Michigan HOWARD COBLE, North Carolina CHARLES E. SCHUMER, New York D. FRENCH SLAUGHTER, JR., Virginia BRUCE A. MORRISON, Connecticut LAMAR S. SMITH, Texas EDWARD F. FEIGHAN, Ohio CHUCK DOUGLAS, New Hampshire LAWRENCE J. SMITH, Florida CRAIG T. JAMES, Florida TOM CAMPBELL, California WILLIAM M. JONES, General Counsel SUBCOMMITTEE ON COURTS, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE ROBERT W. KASTENMEIER, Wisconsin, Chairman GEO. W. CROCKETT, JR., Michigan CARLOS J. MOORHEAD, California HOWARD L. BERMAN, California HENRY J. HYDE, Illinois JOHN BRYANT, Texas HOWARD COBLE, North Carolina RICK BOUCHER, Virginia R. FRENCH SLAUGHTER JR., Virginia GEORGE E. SANGMEISTER, Illinois HAMILTON FISH, JR., New York WILLIAM J. HUGHES, New Jersey F. JAMES SENSENBRENNER, JR., MIKE SYNAR, Oklahoma Wisconsin MEL LEVINE, California MICHAEL J. REMINGTON, Chief Counsel VIRGINIA E. SLOAN, Counsel ELIZABETH R. FINE, Counsel CONTENTS HEARINGS DATES Kastenmeier, Hon. Robert W., a Representative in Congress from the State of Wisconsin, and chairman, Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Branscomb, Anne Wells, Esq., research associate, program on information resources policy, Harvard University, and adjunct professor of international law, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University... Bricklin, Daniel S., president, Software Garden, Inc... Curlin, James W., Manager, Communication and Information Technologies, Office of Technology Assessment. Fultz, Keith O., Director, Planning and Reporting, Resources Community and Economic Development Division, General Accounting Office .... Gilbert, Steven W., vice president, Educom, and director, Educom Software Initiative, accompanied by Brian Kahin, Esq., affiliated with research pro gram of communications policy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Kapor, Mitchell D., chairman and chief executive officer, ON Technology, Inc. Lemberg, Thomas M., Esq., vice president and general counsel, Lotus Develop- ment Corp., on behalf of the Software Publishers Association Oman, Ralph, Register of Copyrights, Library of Congress.... Raskind, Leo J., professor of law, University of Minnesota Reiling, Ronald T., chairman, Proprietary Rights Committee, Computer and Business Equipment Manufacturers Association (CBEMA), and manager, intellectual property programs, Digital Equipment Corp., accompanied by Ingrid Voorhees, director, domestic policy, CBEMA. Samuels, Jeffrey M., Acting Commissioner, Patent and Trademark Office, U.S. Department of Commerce..... Samuelson, Pamela, visiting professor of law, School of Law, Emory Univerity Wessell, Milton R., adjunct professor of law, Georgetown University Law LETTERS, STATEMENTS, ETC., SUBMITTED FOR THE HEARINGS Branscomb, Anne Wells, Esq., research associate, program on information resources policy, Harvard University, and adjunct professor of international law, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University: Prepared Bricklin, Daniel S., president, Software Garden, Inc.: Prepared statement....... Curlin, James W., Manager, Communication and Information Technologies, Office of Technology Assessment: Prepared statement with attachment........ Fultz, Keith O., Director, Planning and Reporting, Resources Community and Economic Development Division, General Accounting Office: Prepared Gilbert, Steven W., vice president, Educom, director, Educom Software Initia- 118 241 202 217 3 259 103 163 328 89 59 431 431 435 Kapor, Mitchell D., chairman and chief executive officer, ON Technology, Inc.: Prepared statement .. ment Corp., on behalf of the Software Publishers Association: Prepared statement.. California: Letter from Chairman Kastenmeier and Mr. Moorhead to Hon. nologies Program: Staff Paper on Intellectual Property Protection for Com puter Software (November 2, 1989), with attachment (November 6, 1989)..... Oman, Ralph, Register of Copyrights, Library of Congress: Prepared statement. Raskind, Leo, J., professor of law, University of Minnesota: Prepared statement.. Reiling, Ronald T., chairman, Proprietary Rights Committee, Computer and Business Equipment Manufacturers Association, and manager, intellectual property programs, Digital Equipment Corp.: Prepared statement with at tachments Department of Commerce: Prepared statement.......... ity: Prepared statement.. APPENDIXES Science, Syracuse University. Cambridge, MA NCR Corp., Dayton, OH.... "Nurturing Creativity in a Competitive Global Economy: Intellectual Property and New Technology" (draft), Program on Information Economy" (1989).. Dispute," 1 J. L. & Tech, 1-29 (1986).... Debate," Association for Computing Machinery (1989).. Copyright Principles,” 31 German Yearbook of International Law 478– 509 (1989). Ralph Oman: Letter from Richard E. Glasgow, Assistant General Counsel, Copyright Office, to Hon. Robert W. Kastenmeier (May 1, 1987), with attachments. Jeffrey M. Samuels: Letter from Hon. Robert W. Kastenmeier to Hon. 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