Software Protection

Software intellectual property

Every original work is protected by copyright, giving its creator exclusive rights over its production. Software is considered a work of the mind since the approval of the law on July 3rd, 1985, which naturally confers a copyright to any software designer.

No alternative to software protection

Software is composed of many codified lines that allow tasks to be performed. Software generally works on the mode of:

It is extremely easy to shorten, lengthen and get around certain tasks on software without modifying the treatment sustained by the information. This is one of the reasons why the software is not patented in France. Since the result of a task performed by software comes from an X, Y, or Z code. The ongoing debates about software patents in France remain fixed on a non-patentability software.

The copyright principles of software?

Software copyright allows the creator, the team of authors or the physical or moral person at the initiative of the creation to enjoy moral and patrimonial rights. The authors thus benefit from recognition of their authorship, the right to publish the work, the power to authorize or prohibit its reproduction and the right to market and adapt the creation. To ensure better protection for software and formalize copyright, the deposit of a software copyright is a safe solution. It is offered by public bodies, specialized companies and notary and bailiff firms.

Copyright filing for any software developer

To protect a program, it is necessary to gather all the pieces demonstrating the ownership of it. The software is deposited but not only that. The designated project and design file, the technical documentation, the codes (sources) used for the design of the software and the user manuals complete the filing request. For practical reasons, software is more generally filed with departmental officers or companies specializing in software copyright protection. Qible takes care of the filing and protection of your work. Thanks to reliable methods, the group immediately protects your creation. After a digital signature of your program and an electronic timestamp, the software copyright is deposited with a bailiff. Qible will offer you in 2020 the service Pirascan (under development and test) for monitoring and alerting your internet program to detect in real time any form of plagiarism.