Intellectual Property and Patenting Software Period 2012 - 2017

Abstract

Patenting software is a discussion not addressed in scientific academy regarding its context: aligning registers as copyright or as a patent, provoking standardisation and better understandings for improving production chains in economic sectors. This article analyses how patenting software is discussed in a scientific academy, reviewing article profiles in academic productions about this theme. Considering patenting software is an intellectual property, the article restricted the research to only software rights. The systematic literature review methodology was adapted from other authors' analysis process in the information technology areas. The results were shown via quantitative and qualitative study, analysing economic sectors innovation issues, regarding patenting software were discussed.