Protecting Application Programming Interfaces (API) Through Intellectual Property Laws
Kashishipr
OCTOBER 27, 2021
However, the idea of protecting the API through the medium of a trade secret goes against the very idea of conceptualizing and designing an API. Accolade case, wherein Accolade had copied Sega’s API code. Where the API is copied to the extent of achieving interoperability, it might not be considered an act of infringement.
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