Legal Protection of Software

Licencinė sutartis Nr. MRU-EDT-474

In this study, a legal, doctrinal analysis of the legal protection of software was conducted, the conceptual-categorical apparatus of software, a computer program was determined, the identity between them in the scientific literature was determined. The comprehensive analysis of judicial and legislative practice of EU, U.S., and Ukraine is carried out and concrete conclusions are defined. The historical genesis of software and computer program development, legal protection of data objects as a whole complex, primary ways through the protection of Patent, and further change of Copyright were also analysed. The master thesis provided relevant statistics and further ways to improve the laws and areas of intellectual property law.