Economic Reporter :
Experts at a seminar on Monday called for updating the existing intellectual property rights (IPR) laws to protect local innovations, inventions and creations.
The updating of IPR laws are necessary for ensuring protection of local innovations and using the tool as sustainable growth and expansion of digital economy, they said at the seminar on ‘Role of Intellectual Property Rights for the growth of ICT industry in Bangladesh’.
Leveraging ICT for Growth, Employment and Governance (LICT) Project of BCC under ICT Division and Bangladesh Intellectual Property Forum (BIPF) jointly organized the seminar at the auditorium of Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC).
Noted international intellectual property expert Jay A Erstling presented a keynote paper at the seminar where he highlighted the IP protection for computer-related inventions, current legislative framework of the USA, Europe, India and current Situation of the USA, Europe, India.
Erstling in his paper stressed introduction of testing system to determine whether the software is patentable. If the software is developed based on algorithm and mathematical formulae it can’t be patentable, he said.
Erstling who is also an Emeritus Professor at Mitchell Hamlin School of Law of Hamline University, USA is in favor of developing IPR framework to protect innovations and allow foreign investment.
Chaired by LICT Project Director Md. Rezaul Karim the seminar was addressed, among others, by Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) President Mustafa Jabbar, Additional Secretary of ICT Division Sushanta Kumar Saha, IPR consultant of A2I Programme Barrister A B M Hamidul Misbah.
LICT Component Team Leader Sami Ahmed conducted the function.
Mustafa Jabbar urged the government to amend and update the existing IP laws keeping provision for applying for software patent.
He said that the copyright act-2005 and patents law-1911 are not adequate to ensure protection of innovations, inventions and creations.
Experts at a seminar on Monday called for updating the existing intellectual property rights (IPR) laws to protect local innovations, inventions and creations.
The updating of IPR laws are necessary for ensuring protection of local innovations and using the tool as sustainable growth and expansion of digital economy, they said at the seminar on ‘Role of Intellectual Property Rights for the growth of ICT industry in Bangladesh’.
Leveraging ICT for Growth, Employment and Governance (LICT) Project of BCC under ICT Division and Bangladesh Intellectual Property Forum (BIPF) jointly organized the seminar at the auditorium of Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC).
Noted international intellectual property expert Jay A Erstling presented a keynote paper at the seminar where he highlighted the IP protection for computer-related inventions, current legislative framework of the USA, Europe, India and current Situation of the USA, Europe, India.
Erstling in his paper stressed introduction of testing system to determine whether the software is patentable. If the software is developed based on algorithm and mathematical formulae it can’t be patentable, he said.
Erstling who is also an Emeritus Professor at Mitchell Hamlin School of Law of Hamline University, USA is in favor of developing IPR framework to protect innovations and allow foreign investment.
Chaired by LICT Project Director Md. Rezaul Karim the seminar was addressed, among others, by Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) President Mustafa Jabbar, Additional Secretary of ICT Division Sushanta Kumar Saha, IPR consultant of A2I Programme Barrister A B M Hamidul Misbah.
LICT Component Team Leader Sami Ahmed conducted the function.
Mustafa Jabbar urged the government to amend and update the existing IP laws keeping provision for applying for software patent.
He said that the copyright act-2005 and patents law-1911 are not adequate to ensure protection of innovations, inventions and creations.
