Legal analysis: Software copyright registration certificate is not a patent, but both copyright and patent belong to the category of intellectual property. A person who obtains copyright through inheritance, transferee or acceptance may also become a software copyright owner and be protected by law. The theme of protecting software copyright is that the software copyright owner is the subject of software copyright protected by law, mainly including citizens, legal persons or other organizations who enjoy software copyright according to law. Generally speaking, the software copyright belongs to the software developer, unless otherwise stipulated by law. Software copyright belongs to software developers, which is a general principle to determine the ownership of software copyright. Software developers include independent developers, cooperative developers, entrusted developers and developers appointed by state organs. The ownership of the latter three copyrights requires a formal written contract.
Legal Basis: Regulations on the Protection of Computer Software Article 1 In order to protect the rights and interests of computer software copyright owners, adjust the interest relationship in the development, dissemination and use of computer software, encourage the development and application of computer software, and promote the development of software industry and national economy informatization, these regulations are formulated in accordance with the Copyright Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).