1. Who owns the IPR of a piece of software developed at work? Who carries the can if that software goes wrong? Are you legal?

2. Group Members Sahan Serasinghe Subhashi Jayasekara Dhanushka Jayaweera Dilhan Sameera

3. Flow of the presentation 1 What is IPR? 2 IPR and Computer Software 3 Who owns IPR of a software? 4 When software goes wrong 5 Who is responsible? 6 Conclusion Sahan Dilhan Subhashi Dhanushka

4. What is IPR? 1

5. Intellectual Property Rights, which can be defined as Rights acquired over a property created with the intellectual effort of an individual What is IPR ?

6. TRADEMARK ACT 1999 COPYRIGHT ACT 1975 PATENT ACT DESIGN ACT 2000 “Intellectual property rights are at the foundation of the software industry” -Eric S. Freibrun, Esq.

7. 2 IPR and Computer Software

8. It’s about how you deal in software industry and protecting Your rights.

9. 3 Who owns IPR of a software?

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11. author Who creates the work author Who owns the IPR

12. Who owns IPR of a software? Worker Employee Independent contactor ( author ) Company or employer ( author )

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