In accordance with the Indian Copyright laws, Computer Software or programme can be registered as a ‘literary work’. As per Section 2 (o) of the Copyright Act, 1957 “literary work” includes computer programmes, tables and compilations, including computer databases. ‘Source Code’ has also to be supplied along with the application for registration of copyright for software products.
Tag: Computer Software
Software Copyright In India
Copyright for software is employed by software companies to reduce and prevent unauthorized copying of the software, which is also referred to as software piracy or software infringement. In case of software offered under free and open source licenses, software owners depend upon the copyright law to enforce their legal rights.
How to Get a Patent in India for Software
Software has become patentable in recent years in most jurisdictions and the number of software patents has risen rapidly. In India, with regard to patentability of software, the software should necessarily have a technical application to the industry or be intrinsic too or "embedded" in hardware.
Patent Lawyer: Legal Expert in Protecting Technology Innovations by Patents
Role of Patent Attorney in Protection of Business Ideas & Intangible Assets In present economic landscape, a crucial part of business involves enduring competition by securing strong intellectual property rights. Consequently, an important factor used during the valuation of a company is the strength and ownership of their intangible assets duly protected by solid and… Continue reading Patent Lawyer: Legal Expert in Protecting Technology Innovations by Patents
Law Office of Rahul Dev 