Who owns the IPR of a piece of software developed at work? Who carries the can if that software goes wrong? Are you legal?

Who owns the IPR of a piece of software developed at work? Who carries the

can if that software goes wrong?

Are you legal?

Group Members

• Sahan Serasinghe • Subhashi Jayasekara • Dhanushka Jayaweera • Dilhan Sameera

Flow of the presentation

1• What is IPR?

2• IPR and Computer Software

3• Who owns IPR of a software?

4• When software goes wrong

5• Who is responsible?

6• Conclusion

Sahan

Sahan

Dilhan

Subhashi

Dhanushka

Dhanushka

What is IPR?1

Intellectual Property Rights,

which can be defined as

Rights acquired over a

property created with the

intellectual effort of an individual

What is IPR ?

What is IPR ? • TRADEMARK ACT 1999• COPYRIGHT ACT 1975• PATENT ACT• DESIGN ACT 2000

“Intellectual property rights are at the foundation of the software industry”-Eric S. Freibrun, Esq.

2 IPR and Computer Software

IPR and Computer Software

It’s about how you deal in software industry and protecting

Your rights.

3 Who owns IPR of a software?

Who owns IPR of a software?

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Who owns IPR of a software?

authorWho creates the work

authorWho owns the IPR

Who owns IPR of a software?

Worker

Employee Independent contactor(author)

Company or employer(author)

? But wait… Any questions?

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