4th February, 2011 at the Czech Cultural Centre
This seminar, co-organised with SAP Labs, examined how Intellectual Property law can be effectively used to protect the interests of Bulgarian software entrepreneurs. The Bulgarian IT sector is particularly strong, since a highly skilled, relatively inexpensive workforce has led a number of global companies to outsource software research, design and production, as well as related services, in Bulgaria. In turn, this has meant that in the last few years a wealth of companies/entrepreneurs have started up or have sought to change their models and develop their own products (over 1,100 companies in Bulgaria).
However, given the relative novelty of the market, some entrepreneurs do not make full use of the protection and benefits that intellectual property offers. The seminar offered a clear explanation of the basics of intellectual property as applied to software; offered a comparative perspective to European and US law practice and demonstrated practical case studies, including a presentation by SAP on their experience in using and leveraging IP. The day finished with an interactive session, during which start ups can addressed their questions to our panelists.
TOPICS THE EVENT COVERED INCLUDE:
- Explaining Copyright in Computer Programs;
- Industrial Property Rights (patents for inventions, utility models, trade marks, industrial designs);
- Rights to Confidential Information and Trade Secrets;
- The multiple national systems of intellectual property and the ways in which they interact;
- European law and practice with regard to patents;
- US law and court practice; other countries, with emphasis on UK and Bulgaria;
- The significance of IPRs in software for financing from private and government sources;
You may download a full programme of the event here: Intellectual Property Explained: Programme of the Day
Following substantial interest, we have made presentations from the day are available to download here:
SAP Presentation: SAP Presentation: Overview and Leveraging Intellectual Property Case Study
Presenters: Radoslav Nikolov (SAP Labs Bulgaria), Philip Vulev (SAP Global IP Bulgaria)
FinAnalytica Presentation: FinAnalytica: Intellectual Property and Software
Presenter: Todor Iotov (FinAnalytica, Inc.)
Patents and Intellectual Property for Software (in Bulgarian): Radi Koseva & Yordan Politov (Patent Attorneys)
Presenters: Yordan Politov (NBLO Sofia), Dr Radislava Koseva (EPO PA)
Copyright and Other Rights in Software Presentation: Copyright and Other Rights in Software
Presenter: Kamen Shoylev (NBLO London)
Software and the Legal Framework for Intellectual Property (in Bulgarian): Software and the Legal Framework for Intellectual Property
Presenter: Professor Bojana Nedeltcheva (UNWE, Sofia)
Enabling the Knowledge Enterprise (in Bulgarian):
Enabling the Knowledge Enterprise
Presenter: Stefan Kiryakov (Sirma Group Holding)