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Vaishali Kant

Patentability of Computer Related Inventions: A Comparative Analysis - Bangalore NLSIU 2011 - 75p

TABLE OF CONTENTS
DECLARA TION ;
CERTIFICATE ;
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ;
TABLE OF CONTENTS ;
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY ;
STATEMENT OF PROBLEM ;
RESEARCH QUESTIONS;
HYPOTHESIS;
METHODOLOGY;
INTRODUCTION ;
CAN WE DETERMINE THE ACTUAL NATURE OF COMPUTER SOFTWARE? ;
WHETHER PATENTS FOR SOFTWARE RELATED INVENTIONS ARE REALLY NECESSARY? ;
ARE THERE ANY NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF SOFTWARE PATENTS AS SUCH? ;
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION FOR COMPUTER SOFTWARE: A CURRENT DILLEMMA ;
THE COMPUTER SOFTWARE INDUSTRY: ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS AND MARKET POSITION OF COMPUTER SOFTWARE ;
NEED OF IP PROTECTION TO PROMOTE INNOVATION ;
Copyright Protection of Computer Software ;
Computer software: a "complicated" Literary work ;
Seeking protection for Functional elements of Computer Software: increasing demand ;
Patent Protection of Computer Software ;
Do software patents fulfill the goals of patent law?;
Are Software patents beneficial to small and medium sized enterprises? ;
THE CURRENT LEGAL SITUATION IN UNITED STATES, EUROPE, U.K. AND INDIA IN RELATION TO PATENTABILITY OF COMPUTER RELATED INVENTIONS ;
UNITED STATES APPROACH ;
EUROPEAN UNION APPROACH ;
UNITED KINGDOM APPROACH ;
INDIAN APPROACH ;
CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS ;
REFERENCES ;
ANNEXURE 'A' - QUESTIONNAIRE ;


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