kulawrKutafin Law ReviewKutafin Law Review2713-05252713-0533MSAL10.17803/2713-0533.2024.1.27.096-123kulawr-239Research ArticleINTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION FOR SOFTWAREThe Disclosure Requirements of Software Patents: Suggestions for Developing CountriesMujtabaG.

Ghulam Mujtaba, LLM (Patent & Design), Assistant Controller

NTC Center, G-5/2 G-5, Islamabad, Pakistan; Ankara

mujtabakamal@live.comhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1057-9146Zia-Ul-HaqМ.

Muhammad Zia-Ul-Haq, LLMIP, PhD, Deputy Registrar

Lahore

zia.haq@uet.edu.pkIntellectual Property Organization of Pakistan; Department of Intellectual Property Rights, Technology Policies and Innovation ManagementTurkeyOffice of Research, Innovation and Commercialization (ORIC), University of Engineering and Technology (UET)Pakistan20241004202411196123Copyright © Mujtaba G., Zia-Ul-Haq М., 20242024Mujtaba G., Zia-Ul-Haq М.Mujtaba G., Zia-Ul-Haq М.Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.https://kulawr.msal.ru/jour/article/view/239

This is a research study of available options of Intellectual Property (IP) protections for software in the present IP systems, in most of the countries including copyright and patent protection. Each type of IP protection has its own advantages and limitations like enablement of subject matter for registration requirements, scope of rights conferred and period of protection etc. The trends and demands of software industry for the grant of patents protection for Computer Implemented Inventions (CIIs) were also discussed. The present research paper discusses a best mode of technical disclosure, more than an algorithm, of software patents and additional recommendations are also given as a solution to the technical problem of a suitable IP protection for software. A sui generis IP protection was suggested as a best option for a composite IP protection covering all aspects of advanced software inventions.

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