Computer Software

– 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.