UNDERSTANDING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS IN SOFTWARE ENGINEERING!
Intellectual property is a key aspect of the Information Technology field, and for a lawyer to adequately branch into this area of practice, it is key to understand how the various laws protect these rights. Intellectual property rights are at the foundation of the software industry. The term refers to a range of intangible rights of ownership in an asset such as a software program. Each intellectual property "right" is itself an asset, a slice of the overall ownership pie. The law provides different methods for protecting these rights of ownership based on their type.