DOES INTERMEDIATE COPYING OF COMPUTER SOFTWARE FOR THE PURPOSE OF REVERSE ENGINEERING A NON-INFRINGING PRODUCT INFRINGE THE COPYRIGHT IN THE SOFTWARE?

Researchers and engineers have long increased the speed of scientific and technological development by borrowing ideas from others. [1] The ideas contained in a work are often learned when the work is publicly sold or used. [2] Legitimate use of other’s ideas for the benefit of broader society has its underpinnings in the U.S. Constitution [...]