COMPUTER RELATED INVENTIONS: IMPLICATIONS FOR MSMEs, STARTUPS AND RELATED EMERGING ISSUES IN INDIA

Abstract

            The invention of the computer leads to the automation of every day-to-day work and reduced the time frame of the various activities of human beings. Nowadays the MSMEs and Startups plays vital role in contributing the Indian economy. The invention of machine-readable language, algorithms, and software of the computer has made the world enter into the information technology era. Hence the states of the various jurisdictions have made more investments in research and development to make the improvement in the existing technology and to invent new technology in both areas of the computer that is hardware and software. For this huge investment, time, and skill, there must be some benefits and protection to be given to that person us well as the small industries like MSMEs and Startups in India. The protection of the invention is thus provided under intellectual property law through patent law, copyright law, and semi-conductor layout design law. Thus, the hardware component and software component of the computer is collectively referred to as computer-related inventions (i.e. CR invention). Here in this paper, we will analyze the emerging issues that have been faced by the MSMEs and Startups in protecting the Computer related invention under the patent law in India. Further here we have extended our discussion how the Artificial Intelligence (AI) and BlockChain technologies have invented and protected by the MSMEs and Startups in contributing the growth of the Indian economy. Specifically here in this article has been concentrated in the Indian jurisdiction, how the industries like MSMEs and Startups influenced the claims of Artificial Intelligence (AI) under patent law and the emerging issues involved in their protection.