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A “Far-Reaching Decision” for the Copyrightability of Computer Programs

By Sam Eichner on April 25, 2023
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GettyImages-1425611812-300x200On April 6, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed Judge Gilstrap’s ruling in SAS Institute, Inc. v. World Programming Limited, which effectively denied copyright protection to SAS Institute’s data analysis software. The decision is likely to have lasting implications for developers that seek to protect software through copyright law.

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