The distinction between software expression protected by copyright law and software functionality not protected by copyright law is often elusive. Accordingly, we analyze what the U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision in a program copyright lawsuit between Google and Oracle suggests about the direction of copyright protection for the latest software. Next, we will try to find an appropriate balance between the scope of protection of patent and copyright for software. To this end, we look at ways to increase the expertise of judges to clearly determine the boundaries of the protection scope of patents and copyrights for software. Nevertheless, as for software, overlapping protection of patent and copyrights may inevitably occur. For this, we look at ways to resolve the inconsistency between the protection period of patent and copyrights. Lastly, we will look at the special law for areas not protected by patent and copyright laws.

요약
I. 서론
II. Google v. Oracle 판결의 주요 쟁점및 법원의 판단
    1. 문제점
    2. 자바 API 코드의 저작권 보호대상 여부
    3. 구글의 자바 API 이용이 공정이용 해당여부
    4. 검토
III. 소프트웨어 혁신을 위한 특허권과저작권법의 권리범위 균형점 설정 방안
    1. 문제점
    2. 소프트웨어에 대한 저작권과 특허의 보호범위 경계를 명확히 하는 방안
    3. 소프트웨어에 대한 특허권의 보호범위 -특허적격성 판단에 있어 발명의 선취(preemption) 여부의 중요성
    4. 컴퓨터프로그램에 대한 저작권 및 특허권의중복보호문제 해결방안
    5. 특허권과 저작권법으로 보호받지 못하는영역에 대한 보호방안
IV. 결론
ABSTRACT

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