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This thesis studied the civil protection of computer software and comprised four chapters. The first chapter focused on intellectual property (definition, importance and scope) and on the law of informatics. The researcher then proceeded to investigate the legal aspects of intellectual rights in terms of their relationship to the law of ownership and through examining the relation between intellectual rights and the personal rights. The study as well defined the law of informatics and identified its components, namely : the integrated circuits, databases and the computer- prepared categories. The researcher defined all kinds of computer software and investigated the relation of the law of informatics with computer software and the legal implications entailed by the software variety. To achieve the aim of the study which is the identification of the measures that should be taken to guarantee the civil protection of computer software, the researcher focused on the legal aspects of these programs through clarifying the relationship between computer programs and trademarks. The researcher also showed that computer software could be protected through trademark laws. He defined trademarks, kinds of trademarks and patents and reviewed conditions for granting them. He tried to find out whether the existing patent laws are adequate to secure the civil protection of software. Finally, the researcher presented the legal points of view related to computer software. He examined the conformity of these points of view with the patent law. He compared these views with the findings of the study and from this comparative study he showed that there is a special law that protects computer software. He also examined the legal protection of software in light of the patent and copyright laws.
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