{"id":19012,"date":"2021-10-21T15:09:43","date_gmt":"2021-10-21T09:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swaritadvisors.com\/learning\/?page_id=19012"},"modified":"2021-10-21T15:09:44","modified_gmt":"2021-10-21T09:39:44","slug":"software-patent-an-overview","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/swaritadvisors.com\/learning\/newsletter\/software-patent-an-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Software Patent \u2013 An Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It is a property right that safeguards computer programs or any computer performance from computer programs. A Software Patent is like a Utility Patent with no actual legal definition. Software Patent is different from a Software Copyright. Software Patent and Copyright both safeguard the product, but a Copyright only covers the expression of an idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is a Software?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Software is a set of instructions, data, programs or commands used to run computers and implement specific tasks. Software is a generic term used to mention scripts, applications, and programs that operate on a device. It can be thought of as the changeable part of a computer, while the hardware is the unchangeable part.<\/p>\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/swaritadvisors.com\/learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Software-Patent.pdf\" class=\"pdfemb-viewer\" style=\"\" data-width=\"max\" data-height=\"max\"  data-toolbar=\"bottom\" data-toolbar-fixed=\"off\">Software-Patent<br\/><\/a>\n<p class=\"wp-block-pdfemb-pdf-embedder-viewer\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/swaritadvisors.com\/learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Software-Patent.pdf\">Download Now<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Some Rules Regarding Software Patent Registration<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Patent (Amendments) Act, 2002 regulates the procedure of\u00a0Patent Registration. This Act came into effect on 20<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0May 2003. Following are the elements that are not a part of this Act: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Any work related to music, art, drama, or aesthetic creation comprising TV productions &amp; cinematography work;<\/li><li>Topography of integrated circuits;<\/li><li>Simple rule or scheme for executing mental Acts or a way of playing a computer game.<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is a property right that safeguards computer programs or any computer performance from computer programs. A Software Patent is like a Utility Patent with no actual legal definition. Software Patent is different from a Software Copyright. Software Patent and Copyright both safeguard the product, but a Copyright only covers the expression of an idea. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":19015,"parent":17284,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swaritadvisors.com\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19012"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swaritadvisors.com\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swaritadvisors.com\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swaritadvisors.com\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swaritadvisors.com\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19012"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/swaritadvisors.com\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19016,"href":"https:\/\/swaritadvisors.com\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19012\/revisions\/19016"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swaritadvisors.com\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17284"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swaritadvisors.com\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swaritadvisors.com\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}