Judicial support for "fair use" in reverse engineering.(special report)

From: EDN Asia | Date: March 1, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

Reverse engineering (RE) is an efficient and effective way for companies to protect their patents and ensure that competitors are not illegally using those patents, and vice versa.

Those unfamiliar with reverse engineering sometimes associate it with hackers, copyright violation, and theft. The real use of reverse engineering is a means of maintaining competition that is fair and healthy for the marketplace.

Nearly every large, successful corporation in the world practices reverse engineering as a tool for competitive analysis, and to uncover possible patent ...

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