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Article by Charvi Sharma The 1970 Patent Act, which modified the current legislation pertaining to patents in India, came into force in 1972.  In addition, the Patents Act, 1970 was amended in 2005, which extended product patents to all technology fields such as food and medicines, chemical products, and microorganisms.  Related Read : Should You Copyright or Patent Your Software in India? What is a Patent? Patents are legal licenses issued by the government, giving the inventor of an invention, the right over its ownership and the exclusive right to make and sell it. The invention becomes the assets of the inventor that no one can take over or imitate unless assigned to the person or licensed to him by the inventor himself.  But, what is an invention for the purposes of Indian law, in the first place? The invention as described in Sec.2(1)(j) of the Patent Act, 2005 “Invention” means a new product or process involving an inventive step and capable of industrial application.  The ba

Software is a product of human intellect and hard work; it would be appropriate to term it as “intellectual property”. Considering the pivotal role, it plays in world economy and its development, protection of software is crucial and it needs to be dealt with. The problems faced by the said sector mainly deals with unauthorized production or piracy. The protection has become increasingly necessary because every day the economy loses out on staggering amount of money. Piracy is increasingly becoming a global menace. For this reason, some developers go to extreme lengths to keep their software codes secret and impenetrable to reverse-engineering. Software copyright is generally used by developers to curb piracy and the unauthorized copying of their software.[1]  In simple words, a software patent or copyright is a legal way to protect your software source code, idea, or invention. Thus infringement of the said copyright can lead to legal consequences. Countries worldwide are n