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Is it Legal to Reverse Engineer the Engineered?

This post was first published on September 24, 2014.   Shoppers would agree with me when I say that while purchasing something, I need to feel a connect with it. Once I have found that connection, a feeling of possession sets in and I know that the article, which until recently was only lying in a shop somewhere, is now mine. This feeling of possession of an inanimate article may lead us to believe that anything can be done to it, which would legally be…
August 20, 2019 Copyrights, Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law, Patents 0Comment 1656Views 0Like
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Reverse Engineering is Legitimated by Reason: Sega v. Accolade

This post was first published on 11th November, 2014.   In one of our recent posts on reverse engineering, we discussed fair use for intermediate copying. Today, we will look into another landmark case that legitimizes copying based on a justifiable reason! In Sega v. Accolade, Accolade used a two-step process to create video games compatible with the Sega Genesis game console. The first step was to reverse engineer the system and create a development manual. Accolade purchased a Genesis video game console and three…
July 25, 2019 Copyrights, Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law, Patents 0Comment 926Views 0Like
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