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Started by : Saurabh Agarwal, Corporate Lawyer   12 05 2008 11:36:56 +0000
Industry : LawFunctional Area : Business Policy(Strategy & Execution)
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Software is a product of human intellect and can be rightly termed as “intellectual property.” Considering the very vital role it plays in today’s world economy and development, protection of software is a very crucial issue. There has been a demand worldwide for the protection of software. Discusses the international instruments for protection of software and their application and adoption in India...

 
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It is an international Treaty to explicitly include computer programs within the illustrative list of copyrighted works. TRIPS sets forth three different forms of protection for software: copyright, patent and trade secret regime. TRIPS includes a specific provision in Article 10 that expressly requires member states to protect software, whether in source or object code, However, the member countries have a right to provide more extensive protection of intellectual property rights within their national legal systems.
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by Shantanu Bhave, Legal Consultant  | 12 05 2008 11:47:47 +0000

Yes agarwal it also provides an alternative to copyright protection. It talks about protection for undisclosed information and offers a trade secret regime for software protection. Trade secret regime is applicable for the protection of trade secrets which may include software. A particular software may contain lot of valuable and confidential information about a company which forms its trade secret.

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