COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

Detailed explanation-1: -Accordingly, while software itself is not literally patentable, software is effectively patentable by drafting a patent application in the right way. This illustrates one of the many reasons why working with a patent attorney is so important, especially for software-related inventions.

Detailed explanation-2: -In India, software by itself is not patentable. However, if it’s a component of an imaginative, commercially viable innovation, the software is eligible for patent protection. The Patents (Amendments) Act of 2002 mentions the fact that a computer program itself is not a patentable invention.

Detailed explanation-3: -Computer software or programs are instructions that are executed by a computer. Software is protected under copyright law and the inventions related to software are protected under patent law.

Detailed explanation-4: -They are separate forms of protection, but not mutually exclusive. A software invention, for example, could be protected under copyrights (how human expression authored computer-readable code), patents (a useful, novel, and non-obvious method, device, or system), or both.