Copyright does not need to be approved and authorized, and patents must be approved and authorized by the patent office to be effective.
Copyright, also known as copyright, is the crystallization of individual or organizational wisdom. Copyright protects the expression of the author. It's a literal thing at work. Copyright is mostly accomplished independently by important works and protected by copyright law. Whether the authors are the same or similar. Personal rights in copyright are characterized by non-transferability and permanence, including the right of publication, the right of signature and the right of modification. The property rights of works mainly include the rights of reproduction, distribution, exhibition, performance and broadcasting.
Patents protect the design of technology and products. What is protected is the technical solution. An invention patent with the same content is only granted to the first applicant, requiring "originality". Patent rights protect invention patents, utility model patents and design patents.
Copyright law of the people's Republic of China
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The term "works" as mentioned in this Law refers to intellectual achievements that are original and can be expressed in a certain form in the fields of literature, art and science, including:
(1) Written works;
(2) Oral works;
(3) Music, drama, folk art, dance and acrobatic works;
(4) Artistic and architectural works;
(5) Photographic works;
(6) Audio-visual works;
(seven) engineering design drawings, product design drawings, maps, schematic diagrams and other graphic works and model works;
(8) Computer software;
(9) other intellectual achievements that meet the characteristics of the work.