Protection of Software under Intellectual Property Law: Scopes and Challenges

Software plays a pivotal role in modernizing contemporary world and without conservation of software IPR (Intellectual Property Rights), innovation in the tech industry can’t be contemplated. So this paper enumerates the scopes of software IPR focusing on the diversified nature of software IPR the standard for ascertaining the exact class of software IP is which difficult to determine so this paper to clarify this issue elaborates on the essence and challenges of availing Copyright, Patent, Trade Secrets in the context of protecting the software IPR from infringement and misappropriation in the technology industry.