Intellectual property rights in computer software: Issues at stake for developing countries |
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| Authors: | K. Gopinath M.K. Ravishankar |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Computer Science &2. Automation , Indian Institute of Science , Bangalore, 560 012, India E-mail: gopi@csa.iise.ernet.in;3. The Speech Group, School of CS , CMU , Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA |
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| Abstract: | Abstract Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) have become important in the discourse amongst nations as it may have substantial bearing on the wealth of nations in the future. Computer software is an important component of these new types of property. Since developing countries have some of the factors of production in software and certain developing countries have made significant investments in education, it has become critical to study the impact of IPR on developing countries. In this paper, we investigate IPR in computer software and their implications for developing countries (sometimes with specific reference to India), especially in the context of the GATT/TRIPs agreement that was recently concluded at Marrakesh. |
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