Analysis On How To Protect Computer Software By Patent

Computer software trade has become the most important trade in the world economy, developing from the attachment computer to the take the charge of the whole locality, the computer software is the eyewitness and follower of development world economy on 20 century. With the development of computer software technology, how to protect computer software is always changed. At first, people used the copyright law to protect computer software , and then trying to use patent law, how to protect the computer software effectively and help the economy development are the question that people solve. Now, the computer software is protected by the copyright law in common, but it has shortcoming that can not protect the computer software well with the development of software, people trying to find better way to solve the shortcoming, they find that patent law is better than copyright law on protecting the computer software, the essay expound the necessary and feasible of the protecting computer software by patent law. Exploring how to protect the computer software by patent law effectively with the characteristic of computer software and patent law.