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@article{174807,
        author = {Shivangi Sharma},
        title = {STATUS OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS (IPR) WITH RESPECT TO THE SOFTWARE PATENTABILITY IN INDIA AND OTHER COUNTRIES:AN ANALYSIS},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2025},
        volume = {11},
        number = {11},
        pages = {658-664},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=174807},
        abstract = {Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) plays a crucial role in fostering innovations and protecting technological development of any country. Software per se is not patentable in India under section 3(k) of Patents Act 1970, other countries comparatively have adopted a more flexible approach to safeguard the software by patenting them. With the changing time there is a high need to work on software patentability laws of the country to save software industry from exploitation and piracy. The basic thing we can do to protect the interest of software engineers, MNCs, investors and all the persons that are directly or indirectly connected to the software industry by making amendment in the current patent laws, allowing patentability of the software in India. It will also contribute to the growth and development of the country as this move will surely attract investors in India. This research paper will throw a light on software patentability laws of India in comparison to other countries like EU, US etc.},
        keywords = {},
        month = {March},
        }