Computer Software
Legal Basis
– Act on Copyright in Literary and Artistic Works (1960:729), as amended up to Act (2020:540).
– Copyright Regulation (1993:1212), as amended up to Regulation (2018:1100).
Membership in International Conventions
– Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, as revised in Paris 1971.
– Geneva Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, as revised in Paris 1971.
Conditions of Protection
Filing: is not possible. It is advisable to indicate the date of creation of the software on the product.
Rights of protection: belong to the creator of the computer software or his legal successor.
Originality: to enjoy protection under the Copyright Act the intellectual creation must be original.
Duration: seventy years from the death of the author (from 1996).
Assignment of the right is possible.
Infringement: follows the same rules as for literary and artistic works.