...assisted by the fact that although protection covers the author's specific expression, it does not extend "to any idea, procedure, process, system, method...which it is described, explained, illustrated, or embodied...."37 Although a copyrighted work must be "original," it need not be novel or non-obvious,...

...extended to an integrated circuit chip. Section 102(b) above, quoted above, states explicitly that in no case does copyright protection for an original...authorship extend to any idea, procedure, process, method of operation, concept, principle or discovery regardless of the form in which it is described,...

...not ideas, plans, or processes. Section 102(b) of the Copyright Act of 1976 clearly provides that: "In no case does copyright protection for an original...regardless of the form in which it is described, explained, or embodied in such work." 17 USC S102(b) (Supp. IV 1980). See BaKer v. Selden, 101 US 99 (1879). Moreover,...

...no case does copyright protection for an original work of authorship extend to any idea, procedure, system, method of operation, concept, principle, or...explained, illustrated, or embodied in such work." (Underscoring supplied). In my view, Defendants misconstrue the purpose and effect of the section....

...own appearance or to convey information: Provided, That In no case does protection for a chip design extend to any idea, procedure, process, system, method...principle, or discovery, regardless of the form in \Aich it is described, explained, illustrated or embodied in the chip design. "KEVISICtC, AQMTATiaG,...

...language of §102(b) of the Copyright Act which was inserted in the Act in 1976. Section 102{b) provides: "In no case does copyright protection for an original...work of authorship extend to any idea, procedure, system, method of operation, concept, principle, or discovery, regardless of the form in which it is...

...language of §102(b) of the Copyright Act which was inserted in the Act in 1976. Section 102(b) provides: "In no case does copyright protection for an original...work of authorship extend to any idea, procedure, system, method of operation, concept, principle, or discovery, regardless of the form in which it is...

...have ordinarily been 32. Section 102(b) of the Copyright Act specifically prohibits copyright in a "discovery" — "regardless of the form in which it...is described, explained, illustrated or embodied in ... [an original work of authorship]." 33 . Title II of S.22, 94th Cong., 1st Sess. (1975). 34. The...

...« See Baker v. Selden, 101 US 99 (1879). Section 102(b) of the Copyright Act clearly provides that, "In no case does copyright protection for an original...regardless of the form in which it is described, explained, or embodied in such work." 40 See Morrissey v. Procter & Gamble Co., 379 F.2d 675, 678 (1st Cir. 1967):...

...combined in a way that is not original. (c) In no case does protection under this chapter for a mask work extend to any idea, procedure, process, system, method...described, explained, illustrated, or embodied in the mask work. § 903. Ownership and transfer (a) The exclusive rights in a mask work subject to protection...