engaged in the activity of trading of generic software and
providing customized software development services for
domestic as well as for foreign clients through ... centres of the
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Respondent. However, in the process of such customized
software development, certain activities were required to be
carried out at the sight
part of their business they prepare and load
on customers' computers custom made software (for sake of
convenience hereinafter referred to as `uncanned software ... software programme the incorporeal right to the software is not
transferred. It is held that the incorporeal right to software is the
copyright which remains
value of the operating softwares like Windows
2000, Windows XP which are secondary softwares. Indisputably, when an
operating software is loaded in the computer ... software.
It is not the case of the appellants that the software
was assembled with the disk drive. In fact, the
software was installed
mails in general to use the
computer for any general or customized software independently.
The petitioner also brought to the notice of this Court that
imported software provided the Indian party has the
authorisation from the manufactures/owners of the software for
duplication/reproduc-tion the software in India ... imported software which charges shall not be
added to be price actually paid or payable for the imported software in
determining the customs value
maintenance of information and to develop company software
application to suit the special requirements of the customers; that in
March 1983, the second respondent ... manuals are, sometimes, regarded as software. Commercially an important
distinction is drawn between standard package software and custom built
software. The former is marketed
responsible for Customer Interface and
customization of products and services as per the
dictates of the Customer. Agreement/contracts with
the Customer were entered into ... various software/software based solutions
developed by eFunds US. Such services are
required by eFunds US in the course of
development of software/software based
Excise & Customs (CBEC)
issued guidelines when the negative regime was
issued on 1.7.2012. The guidelines clarified that the
prepackaged/canned software would ... unbranded software.
However, we find no error in the High Court holding
that branded software is goods. In both cases, the
software is capable
business of development of Software
Package and Packaged Software Products divisible into four
groups, namely, (i) Customized Software; (ii) Packaged
Software Products; (iii) Agency Products ... software which is a `Back-end System',
which, in turn, is used to develop other softwares therefrom
depending on the needs of the customers
part of their business they prepare and load
on customers' computers custom made software (for sake of
convenience hereinafter referred to as `uncanned software ... software programme the incorporeal right to the software is not
transferred. It is held that the incorporeal right to software is the
copyright which remains
