Appearance copyright, cross-application
Many applicants believe that if the product appearance has been protected through copyright registration, there is no need to apply for a design patent. In fact, the protection and compensation of the latter are much greater. Through copyright protection alone, the compensation fee obtained by the rights holder may be lower than the profit obtained by the infringer, causing the infringer to take desperate risks and continue infringement, or the amount of compensation is not enough to balance the rights holder's expenditure (time, money, energy) for rights protection, which will damage the right holder's Active in safeguarding rights, even giving up on safeguarding rights. Therefore, copyright alone cannot achieve a strong protection effect. It is recommended to apply for a design patent and copyright registration at the same time.