LA PROTECCIÓN DEL SOFTWARE EN COLOMBIA: DERECHOS DE AUTOR

Abstract

In Colombia, software is protected through author registration, which is used to verify the reconciliation of computer intellectual property, including soft- ware programs, immediately as they are created and fixed in a tangible medium. This article presents the discussion on the patentability of this type of software in Colombia and is discussed by the author in the form of legal protection with a description of the software programs, present in the historical context, regulatory and legal aspects of Colombia, also describes the software elements susceptible to intellectual property protection, registration advice, moral and patrimonial rights.