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Is E-commerce Business Model Software Patentable in Malaysia?

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Is E-commerce Business Model Software Patentable in Malaysia?

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The intense competitive pressures faced by Internet companies do not allow them to provide generic services; each has to offer or endeavour to offer something unique and value added to attract customers. One such method is to develop or acquire proprietary technology and business models that enhance the user experience, the idea being that the owner of the technology that proves to be the biggest hit with users, wins. But how does one protect proprietary technology once it is developed? What can stop the competitor next door from deploying the same technology or business model? This is where Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) come in. Even so, acquiring the proper type of IPR is crucial to leverage off the right granted. Usually, and as most people assume, software is protected by copyright. This is true for most forms of software, for example your spreadsheets, word processors, accounting packages, e-mail clients etc. However, there are limits to the extent of the protection that copy

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