A medical technology startup has developed a novel, high-performance algorithm for real-time cardiac arrhythmia detection. While the specific written code implementing this algorithm is automatically protected by copyright, the developers want to protect the underlying functional process from being implemented by rivals in their own code.
State one other method of intellectual property protection that can be used to legally protect this underlying functional process or technical invention.
Practise Edexcel GCSE Computer Science Ethical and legal with exam-style questions for GCSE Computer Science. 35 questions covering Ethical and legal issues of personal data, Issues of AI, machine learning and robotics, and Intellectual property protection methods, matched to the Edexcel GCSE Computer Science (1CP2) specification and written in Paper 1 and Paper 2 style. Every question includes a full worked solution and mark scheme, so you can see where marks are awarded rather than just whether you got the answer right.