1. Registered trademarks protect trademark registrants by ensuring that they have the exclusive right to indicate goods or services or license others to use them for compensation. The advantage of a trademark is that if your company successfully registers 9 types of software entities and 42 types of computer software development, the trademark can continue to be used in other products of your company. The protection period is 10 year, which can be renewed and transferred. Trademarks will increase in value during use, if they are well maintained. It is a good tool for enterprise development.
2. Software copyrights in copyright registration are divided into natural persons and legal persons or other organizations. The software copyright protection period of a natural person is 50 years after the death of the natural person and ends on 65438+February 3 1 day in the 50th year after the death of the natural person. The software was co-developed, up to 65438+February 3 1 50 years after the death of the last natural person. The software copyright protection period of a legal person or other organization is 50 years, ending at 65438+February 3 1 day in the 50th year after the first publication of the software. However, if the software is not published within 50 years from the date of completion of development, it will not be protected. Therefore, your application for copyright registration is also a good protection for products, and the protection period is relatively long.
3. An application for a patent for invention refers to an invention that solves a specific technical problem by means and steps. Methods After the invention patent is obtained, the patentee has the right to manufacture, use and sell the patented product in the process of production and operation. Anyone who uses a method invention patent for commercial purposes must obtain the consent of the patentee and pay remuneration to the patentee. The protection period of the invention is 20 years. Although the software is updated quickly, it has to be publicized during the application of the invention, so there are certain risks. If your product invention method is protected as a trade secret, it can also be protected by law.
4. Product appearance patent Product appearance design refers to a new design that is aesthetically pleasing and suitable for industrial application for the shape, pattern, color or combination of products. Popular means packaging, and the protection period is 10 year. There are many product packages in the market that easily confuse consumers. The color fixing and plate shape of product packaging are the direct judgment of consumers to determine the authenticity of products. Therefore, while protecting the product itself, we should also protect the product packaging.
The above is your preliminary protection scheme and analysis of its advantages and disadvantages. Your company can choose all the above schemes or a single guarantee. After you confirm the trademark and appearance, you can make further plans for your company. If you have any detailed questions, you can communicate with us again.
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If you don't want your customers to infringe on your own interests, you must take protective measures.
In order to have a good protection effect, although there are trade secret protection clauses, as an enterprise, it is necessary to publicize and protect the production process and essence of products, so it is necessary to seek legal channels.