Issuance of copy right for medical software
Abdus Samad Ansari
(Querist) 19 January 2012
This query is : Resolved
who are the legal authorities in india who issue copy right for medical software.
And what procedure and documentation should be prepared for this copy right.
Afforested medical software is made for Hospitals for records saving of patients doctors and stocks of medicines, which is connected to data base for storage and codes for making reports and generating query.
Thankyou
Devajyoti Barman
(Expert) 19 January 2012
Apply for Trade Mark and Patent Registration which is given by Controller General of Patent Designs and Trademarks under Trade Marks Act 1999.
Dr V. Nageswara Rao
(Expert) 20 January 2012
Your query relates to two issues:1.IPR protection for software and 2.IPR protection for inventions relating to medicine.
1. Software or computer program can be protected as a "literary work" within the meaning of S.2(o) of Copyright Act, 1957.It will be given a copyright protection.
2.Your software has nothing to do with medicines or surgical methods but is a software that deals with inventorying etc. Hence, the software is not patentable unless you can show that the software either by itself or in conjuction with a computer is an inventive step. Probably, it is not.
3. So, you can claim copyright protection but not a patent.
4. The software has nothing to do with Trademarks.
girish shringi
(Expert) 20 January 2012
Appoint any local Copy right and Trade mark Attorney.
prabhakar singh
(Expert) 20 January 2012
I agree with lucid explanation of Dr V. Nageswara Rao.
