Copyright belongs to a category of intellectual property, and copyright and intellectual property are subordinate. Intellectual property rights in computer software are copyrights.
Intellectual property rights are the ownership of results generated by intellectual labor. It is an exclusive right granted to qualified authors, inventors or owners of results within a certain period of time in accordance with the laws of various countries. It has two categories: one is copyright (also known as copyright, literary property), and the other is industrial property (also known as industrial property).
Copyright, also known as authorship, refers to the general term for the property rights and moral rights enjoyed by natural persons, legal persons or other organizations in literary, artistic and scientific works in accordance with the law. It mainly includes copyright and neighboring rights related to copyright; usually, the intellectual property rights we talk about mainly refer to computer software copyright and work registration.
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Legal characteristics of intellectual property rights:
1. Regional nature of intellectual property rights: that is, except for signed international conventions or bilateral or multilateral agreements , rights acquired in accordance with the laws of a country can only be valid within the territory of that country and are protected by the laws of that country
2. Exclusivity of intellectual property rights: that is, only the right holder can enjoy it, and others cannot without the permission of the right holder. Exercise its rights
3. The timing of intellectual property rights: Chinese law stipulates a certain period of time for intellectual property rights. After the expiration of the period, the rights will automatically terminate.
Reference material: Baidu Encyclopedia—Intellectual Property