The Disclosure Requirements of Software Patents: Suggestions for Developing Countries
https://doi.org/10.17803/2713-0533.2024.1.27.096-123
Abstract
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.
About the Authors
G. Mujtaba
Intellectual Property Organization of Pakistan; Department of Intellectual Property Rights, Technology Policies and Innovation Management
Turkey
Turkey
Ghulam Mujtaba, LLM (Patent & Design), Assistant Controller
NTC Center, G-5/2 G-5, Islamabad, Pakistan; Ankara
М. Zia-Ul-Haq
Office of Research, Innovation and Commercialization (ORIC),
University of Engineering and Technology (UET)
Pakistan
Pakistan
Muhammad Zia-Ul-Haq, LLMIP, PhD, Deputy Registrar
Lahore
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Mujtaba G., Zia-Ul-Haq М. The Disclosure Requirements of Software Patents: Suggestions for Developing Countries. Kutafin Law Review. 2024;11(1):96-123. https://doi.org/10.17803/2713-0533.2024.1.27.096-123
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