Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Relevance of Intellectual Property for Indian software industry

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Friday, Jan 24, 2014 5:00 PM IST
India being an IT/ software and process outsourcing hub, has emerged as a preferred destination for outsourcing software development services. As IT companies gain worldwide footprint and work with Fortune Clients, helping them develop new products and incorporation of newer technologies, gaining right perspective on IP Rights, Security and Confidentiality are of paramount importance. In addition to this, there is transition happening from service to product based business model, which again underlines the importance of IPR and related topics. 
Historically, the spot-light of IT industry is primarily on the service model, which is in some way refraining IT companies from creating their own patented products as the companies are contractually bound to not own IPRs (Intellectual Property Rights) even on products/solutions they have developed. 
Bindu Sharma   - SpeakerVice President/ Head - Legal Services at Origiin IP Solutions LLP
Speaker's Biography
Bindu Sharma is Patent Attorney and a registered Patent Agent at Indian Patent Office. She has been practicing in IPR for past 7 years and has vast experience with IP audit, formulating IP policies, patent specification drafting, prosecution, copyright, design and contract law. She has been speaker in several workshops, conferences and has provided several IP sensitization programs to corporate & academics. She has several publications in her name and has authored books such as India’s first Dictionary on Patent Law and Handbook of IPR. Origiin IP Solutions has been finalist in ET now Leaders of tomorrow awards-2013.


Key Discussion Points
  • Contractually who owns the IP once a software company enter into a “work for hire” contract?
  • Software Company developed IP, frameworks, processes and their ownership and reusability.
  • Third party IP used by Software Company to deliver its work product.
  • Usability of Open source software and ownership of the IP especially when such IP is built using open source software? 
  • Choosing between copyright and patent for protecting software.
  • How to use minimise IP infringement risk and make use of state of the art to fine tune services or products?
  • Safe guarding confidential information/trade-secrets as a part of employment agreement as well as service contracts.

Who Should Attend?
Technical team, delivery managers, accounts managers responsible for customer delivery, manager and COE personnel responsible for propriety IP, legal team