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| Title: | Software Protection: Copyrightability vs Patentability? |
| Authors: | Yang, Deli |
| Keywords: | Software
Software Protection
Software Copyright
Software Patent |
| Issue Date: | Mar-2012 |
| Publisher: | NISCAIR-CSIR, India |
| Abstract: | The moment software was created was also the starting point of heated
debates over software protection. During the early stages of protection, the
debate was around the copyrightability of software protection. Nowadays, the
focal point is the argument on whether software should be solely protected
under copyright or dually guarded by both copyright and patent. With the
development of the software industry across the world, this issue has become
more and more contentious internationally. This column of Global IP Debate opens with a software patent case and an open
source case, and then traces the history of software protection to examine its
protective evolvement. It next focuses on the currently heated debate of dual
protection on software by laying out both sides of the arguments and reasoning.
This debate ends with some possible solutions to engage readers’ thoughts. |
| Page(s): | 160-164 |
| CC License: |  CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India |
| ISSN: | 0975-1076 (Online); 0971-7544 (Print) |
| Source: | JIPR Vol.17(2) [March 2012]
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