Software Patent Protection In India

INTRODUCTION

Innovation is the nudge behind any modern economy's rise. Inventions, the bedrock of innovation, are focused on productivity. An incentive to invent creates higher productivity, leading to increased goods and services in the market, and ultimately contributing to economic growth. Thus, it becomes important to protect this creation of the mind. The system of patents enables inventors to protect and control their rights over the use of their invention.

The world is increasingly becoming digital. A vast number of things used by us run on coded software and computer technology. Information Technology (IT) has become a large and in-demand industrial sector across the world. Therefore, it makes perfect sense to protect the interests of inventors who contribute to this field through the development of computer technology, computer programmes, and software.