2. The institutions that grant rights are different. Copyright is automatically obtained when the creation of a work is completed, and it is obtained without applying to any organ for registration; The patent right was granted by China National Intellectual Property Administration; Trademark rights are granted by the State Trademark Office.
3. Different protection conditions. Works protected by copyright law require originality, and plagiarism of other people's works is prohibited; The patent right is granted to the first applicant, which is the first requirement for the invention-creation of the patent application; The premise of trademark registration is that the trademark should be recognizable.
4. Different application fields. The works protected by copyright law have a wide range of applications, mainly involving literature, art and science. Patent rights and trademark rights mainly occur in industrial, agricultural and commercial fields.
5. The protection period of rights is different. The property right protection period of copyright and publication right in personal rights is 50 years after the author's death, and the work enters the public domain; The protection period of invention patent in patent right is 20 years, and that of utility model and design is 10 year, counting from the date of application. The term of protection of trademark rights is 10 years, counting from the date of approval of registration, and it can be renewed at the expiration, with no limit on the number of renewals.