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- From: brao@pollux.usc.edu (Bapa Rao)
- Subject: CFP: Conference on Intellectual Property Rights in Software
- Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 01:27:24 GMT
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- CALL FOR PAPERS
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- INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
- IN COMPUTER SOFTWARE AND THEIR
- IMPACT ON DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.
-
- Organized by
- INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION FOR
- INFORMATION PROCESSING (IFIP WG9.4) and
- COMPUTER SOCIETY OF INDIA (CSI)
- in cooperation with
- INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS (IE)
- INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE (IISc)
-
- DATE: Fri 20-21, Aug 1993
-
- VENUE: Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore INDIA
-
- BACKGROUND
-
- Since the landmark judgement on a software-related invention in 1981
- in the US, and the many litigations involving user interface
- copyrights, the issue of intellectual property in software has become
- crucial. This has become all the more important since the beginning of
- Uruguay Round of the GATT talks in 1987, where the issue of protection
- of intellectual property has been debated in a general setting. Most
- recently (late 1991), the Secretary General of GATT (Arthur Dunkel)
- has proposed a draft (the Dunkel Draft Text - DDT) for consideration
- by the world community.
-
- The question of intellectual property in computer software is not well
- understood, and DDT contains many new proposals that affect this area
- and that may have far reaching effects in the future. This conference
- has been proposed as a venue for examining the issue of intellectual
- property in software and its impact on developing countries. This has
- become very pressing as many developing countries are hoping to
- generate jobs and exports through computer software.
-
- THE CHOICES BEFORE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
-
- The sophistication of a nation's information economy determines how
- effectively its physical resources are utilised. Information
- technology is important in effecting a mature information economy.
- Productivity software that is used in developed countries is much too
- expensive for use in most developing economies. If such software is
- to be developed in developing countries due to cost reasons, it has to
- conform with standard interfaces and also respect intellectual
- property rights extant at the time. These requirements make such
- software costlier or harder to develop. The DDT proposals make
- contracting governments responsible for enforcing these rights. Hence,
- it is crucial to investigate the choices before developing countries
- in the area of intellectual property rights.
-
- INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING (IFIP)
- IFIP has set up a working group (IFIP WG9.4) called ``Social
- Implications of Computers in Developing Countries'' with the objective
- of promoting discussion of information technology issues relevant to
- developing countries.
-
- The proposed conference, in line with this objective, is to be
- organized by IFIP WG9.4 and the Computer Society of India in
- cooperation with Institution of Engineers and Indian Institute of
- Science.
-
- CALL FOR PAPERS
- Papers are invited on, but not limited to, the following topics:
- How well is the existing IPR regime in software currently working in
- developed and developing countries?
- Do developing countries need alternative IPR regimes?
- Comparative evaluation and impact on a country's economy of different
- patent regimes: cost of IPR to developing economies
- Creation, classification and access to software patent databases:
- Issues and various attempts
- Current defensive techniques for avoiding IPR difficulties
- Landmark legal case studies of IPR disputes and their resolution
- Case studies of the workings of national patent offices in the area
- of software: developed and developing countries
- Impact of Dunkel proposals in developed and developing countries
- Nature and distribution of software patents and actual ownership:
- Cross-licensing
- Perspectives of established software companies in developed countries
- wrt developing countries in the area of IPR
- Licensing of technologies to developing countries: current and
- past experience
- High cost of productivity software: Strategies and options for
- developing countries.
- Control of unauthorised duplication of software in developed and
- developing countries: Strategies and options
- Strategies and options for developing countries post-Dunkel:
- Manpower training?
- Impact of ``open systems'' like IBM PC for world economy: Free Software
- Foundation and other efforts at universities for ``ftp''able
- software
- IPR in automatically generated code
- Philosophical/equity issues in assigning IPR to ``common property
- resources''
- Case studies of how IPR were articulated and enforced in new
- technologies in the past
- Similarities and differences with IPR in other areas like biotechnology
-
- E-mail submission is strongly encouraged, esp. in Latex / Wordstar
- format. (All e-mail submissions will be acknowledged - please remail
- if there is no ack.) If e-mail facility is not available, authors
- should submit five copies of the manuscript in A4 size paper not
- exceeding 20 pages. Papers will be selected through a referral
- process. The proceedings of the conference will be published by North
- Holland under an arrangement with IFIP.
-
- Authors should correspond with:
- K. Gopinath, Asst. Prof.
- Computer Science & Automation (CSA),
- Indian Institute of Science (IISc),
- Bangalore 560012 INDIA
- Telex: 0845-8349 IISc IN Fax: 091-0812-341683
- e-mail: ipr@maitreyi.csa.iisc.ernet.in
-
- PROGRAM COMMITTEE (tentative):
- J. Reichman (Vanderbilt)
- RM Stallman (FSF)
- R. Narasimhan (CMC, India)
- P. Samuelson (Pittsburgh/CACM)
- BK Chandrasekhar (IIMB, India)
- D.S. Karjala, Arizona (US) / Max Planck (Germany)
- R. Heeks (Open Univ, UK)
- K. Gopinath (IISc, India)
-
- IMPORTANT DATES FOR AUTHORS
- Full Paper May 1, 1993
- Acceptance notice June 15, 1993
- Final manuscript July 15, 1993
-
- TECHNICAL PROGRAMME
- The conference, a mix of invited and contributed papers and panel
- discussions, will be of 2 days duration. All sessions will be
- plenary. The official language of the conference will be English.
-
- REGISTRATION
- The registration fee is Rs. 600 / $100 which will cover lunches and
- teas. Participants from developing countries may apply for subsidy
- >from the registration committee. About 100 participants are expected.
-
- ACCOMMODATION
- Accommodation arrangements should be made directly by participants. It is
- expected that some housing will be made available in the Institute
- Guest House. Details will be made available later.
-
- BANGALORE
- The weather in Bangalore in August is mild and pleasant. The state of
- Karnataka has many attractions in terms of wildlife and architecture.
- Arrangements can be made for those desiring to visit interesting sights.
-
- ENQUIRIES:
- Please mail the following information to (preferably by e-mail):
- K. Gopinath, Asst. Prof.
- Computer Science & Automation (CSA),
- Indian Institute of Science (IISc),
- Bangalore 560012 INDIA
- Telex: 0845-8349 IISc IN Fax: 091-0812-341683
- e-mail: ipr@maitreyi.csa.iisc.ernet.in
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- I wish to submit a paper on the following topic:
- I wish to attend as a delegate
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- Name:
- Position:
- Organisation:
- e-mail Address:
- Address:
- Postal code:
- Country:
- Telephone:
- Telex:
- Telefax:
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