(1) The protected objects are different.
Copyright protects not the ideological content of a work, but the concrete form of expressing the ideological content. Patents are different. The patent law protects the novel, creative and practical invention, which goes deep into the technical scheme itself and has no form of expression.
(2) Their protection conditions are different.
The work whose copyright does not need to be protected is the first one.
Yes, but only that it is original. For inventions with the same content, the patent right is only granted to the first applicant. This is the difference between "originality" and "initiative", that is, the protection conditions of both.
(3) The two rights have different procedures.
Copyright in most countries in the world is automatically generated with the completion of the creation of works, and there is no need to perform any registration procedures. However, several inventions with the same content can only be granted one patent, which excludes the possibility that other people with the same creative achievements enjoy the same rights. Therefore, the method of national administrative authorization must be adopted to determine the obligee. Patent rights need special authorization from the patent office, and can only be produced after application, examination, approval, announcement and issuance of patent certificates.
(4) Their application fields are different.
The works protected by copyright mainly involve the field of literature and art, and the patent right mainly occurs in the field of industrial production, which is closely related to the technical scheme of the product.