计算机软件兼具作品的外表和生产工具的使用价值,属于著作权法和专利法保护对象的过渡地带。对于计算机软件保护最关键的三个问题,即保护对象、反向工程和保护效率,著作权法和专利法都无法完美地解决。因此,必须探寻传统著作权法、专利法之外的第三种保护模式。 Computer software has the appearance of both works and the use of production tools, belonging to the transition zone of the object of copyright and patent protection. For the three most critical issues of computer software protection, namely object protection, reverse engineering and protection efficiency, the copyright law and the patent law can not be solved perfectly. Therefore, we must explore the traditional copyright law, patent law outside the third protection mode.