Can I apply for a patent for a software idea?

First, you can apply for software copyright registration to protect the source code of the software;

Second, you can apply for a patent on the software. At this time, the technical scheme involving software can solve technical problems and adopt technical means that follow the laws of nature to produce beneficial technical effects.

However, the software copyright protection is weak, which can only protect the source code of the software, but not the design idea of the software; Software patents can protect all source code compiled according to software patents.

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