Is the copyright of computer software a patent?

Legal analysis: not counting. Software copyright belongs to the category of copyright and is protected by copyright law. It is not a patent and is not protected by patent law. Both of them belong to the concept of intellectual property, but they are of different types. The software copyright registration certificate is obtained through the examination of the software certification materials by the national accreditation body (copyright protection center), and the patent is an invention protected by legal norms. An invention that submits a patent application to the national examination and approval authority (Patent Office) and, after passing the examination according to law, grants the patent applicant the exclusive right to invent within a specified time.

Legal basis: After the patent right for inventions and utility models is granted in Article 11 of the Patent Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), except as otherwise provided in this Law, no unit or individual may exploit the patent without the permission of the patentee, that is, they may not manufacture, use, promise to sell, sell or import their patented products for production and business purposes, or use their patented methods and use, promise to sell, sell or import products directly obtained according to the patented methods. After the design patent is granted, no unit or individual may exploit its patent without the permission of the patentee, that is, it may not manufacture, promise to sell, sell or import its patented product for production and business purposes.