Janelle worked as an employee of MegaByte Industries, a computer conglomerate. As part of her job,she produced a unique program for routing emergency calls to the appropriate public emergency services departments. There is no written employee contract dealing with ownership of the program. This program can only be

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BIn the absence of a written employee contract specifying ownership, creations made by an employee in the course of their employment typically belong to the employer, hence MegaByte can copyright the program. However, employees can also hold copyrights for works created during employment if it falls under certain exceptions or if there's an agreement to that effect, making it possible for Janelle to also hold a copyright. Patents, on the other hand, are not applicable in this scenario as they pertain to inventions, not software programs, and the question does not provide sufficient information to determine patentability. The public emergency services, being users of the software, would not have copyright claims on the software simply by virtue of using it.

Janelle Worked as an Employee of MegaByte Industries, a Computer