Competitiveness in business or an industry often symbolizes a constant course of development. Competitiveness fosters struggle for existence and boosts development by innovation which ultimately results in survival of the fittest. Software industry is truly exemplary, symbolizing development in technology and nurturing struggle.

We all have witnessed the development of software and hardware in mobile industry since 90’s, which revolutionized the industry and ended up with one of the most used electronic goods, which made mobile phones an integral part of our lives. Such change was brought about by the intense competition among several major mobile phone players, such as Nokia, Apple, Sony Ericsson and Samsung; hence we can say competitiveness is synonym of development and innovation.

Intellectual Property Rights play a major role in maintaining fair play in this thriving competition. IPRs provide guidelines and define boundaries for structured progression of business and technology. However, “not everything that can be counted counts” is the case with Intellectual Property Rights, as there is no uniformity, parity and clarity across jurisdictions on the way software should be protected.