Copyright and Trademark Laws relating to Computers by Pankaj Jain and Pandey Sangeet Rai – 1st Edition 2005

Description

With the advent and spread of Information Technology, there is an increasing awareness amongst the users with regard to their rights in this domain. It is now common knowledge that Intellectual Property rights exist in computers also.

This book deals with the copyright and trademark issues pertaining to computers and the Internet. Copyright disputes in the field of computer software and programs and databases have been dealt with, in detail. The author has done an extensive comparative study on the jurisdiction issues relating to intellectual property and Internet disputes.

This edition has been produced after an extensive and painstaking research. The Appendix includes relevant acts like Copyright Act, 1957, Trade Marks Act, 1999, ICANN Policy and Rules, WIPO Copyright Treaty, 1996 etc.

This well researched work will definitely prove ideal for the Judges, lawyers and law officers in this field and law students. This book will also be useful for the IT Professionals and Software Companies to make them conversant with the legal implications of events occurring in their daily work routine.

Reviews

Copyrights and trade marks, patents, designs and other such intangible properties are the various kinds of intellectual property. With the advent of technology modern forms of intellectual property like Semi Conductor Chips, Protection of Plant Varieties, Data Protection, Protection of geographical etc. came into being. The world has witnessed the growing importance of affairs relating to the computer. It accumulates comprehensive data of both general and confidential nature, which can be viewed through the internet from any country across the world. Some of the IPR issues which are faced in e-commerce are, domain names, protection of copyright and related rights, patents and patentable subject matters, trade marks and unfair patents, online service providers liability and counterfeit products, hyperlinking, music and audio visual works, piracy and data protection issues. Courts are however finding it difficult to resolve disputes of copyrights and trade marks in computers. Courts often have to rely on their own interpretations of existing statutes to make them applicable to each disputes. The learned authors have endeavored to supply basic information to all those who are interested in intellectual property and e-commerce. This edition has been published after extensive and pains taking research. Appendix includes relevant Acts like Copyrights Act, 1957, and Trade Marks Act, 1999, ICANN Policy and Rules, WIPO Copyright Treaty, 1996 etc. This work will prove ideal for Judges, Lawyers and law officers in this field, law students I.T. Professionals and software companies.