How to Protect Computer Programs (A Case History of the First Pure Software Patent) by Pal Asija \"Mr. Asija presently a practising Patent Attorney at Shelton, USA shares his experience in obtaining the FIRST SOFTWARE PATENT ever issued (US$ PATENT 4,270,182). It includes legal as well as technical means of protecting the software. This book is designed exclusively for ingenious Computer Engineers and practising Patent Attorneys. Their interest is guided methodically to overcome the legal maze. He delves in detail his patent accomplishment ever achieved in American Judiciary.\"The book has been visually inspected under strong light and graded Good using AbeBooks grading guide, the dust jacket has a few small tears in various places. There is creasing to the corners and edges on front, back and spine, signs of whitened binding wear and various indentations, dents and some minor patches of slight sticker scarring. The edges are creased and worn, due to shelf wear, and the back has some light smudging and one dented black mark about 2/3 way down the back, as well as slightly more indentations than the front. The pages are slightly discoloured and foxing due to age and there are sporadic, small, light smudges on the first few pages.