In many ways, information and communication technology (ICT)
has been at the center of most human progress over the last six
decades. The creation, distribution and utilization of data
has consistently shaped our experiences and accelerated inventive
endeavors.
As those ventures become increasingly digitized, the ICT
solutions that enable them also grow more complicated. Software,
systems and digital assets are expanding beyond the tech sector to
become nearly ubiquitous, and as a result, the challenge of
protecting their underlying innovations is actively reshaping
Intellectual Property (IP) law.
In this regard, the
International Patent Classification (IPC) provides a
common thread to define these advancements, which fall primarily
within Section G06, covering "Computing, Calculating and
Counting Technologies," encapsulating software and hardware
aspects of ICT. Telecommunications technologies, another vital
component of ICT, are classified under Section H04,
