Patent protection

There are three types of patents: invention patents, utility model patents and design patents. The rights enjoyed by the patentee of a patent include the right to manufacture, use, offer to sell, sell, import, transfer and license. The patent also includes the right to disclaim, disclaim, and trademark rights to the right. The 20-year patent protection period for inventions, utility models and designs is 10 years.

Patent applications have the following advantages:

1. Monopoly rights: Patent holders can prevent competition from business rivals and achieve higher profit returns.

To earn royalties from patents, even if the market is not in urgent need, then it is likely that in the future people will realize the purpose of the patent and be willing to pay the royalties. Xerox invented the Graphics User interface, but did not apply for a patent. Subsequently, Microsoft and Apple used the graphical user interface as a basis for their personal computer operating systems. Preliminary estimates indicate that Xerox has lost nearly $100 million in licensing fees. On the other hand, IBM passed the graphical user interface in 2001 Patent transfers generated $170 million in revenue.

As a defensive shield: if the inventor fails to apply for a patent for the first time, competitors will be the first to get there, then the inventor will make all efforts to develop in vain and will not be allowed to use their own inventions Research results.

Assist in the development of overseas markets: More than 170 countries and regions in the world have established and implemented patent systems. Many foreign buyers, especially buyers, will require local manufacturers or sellers to prove their patent rights. In order to protect product intellectual property rights, it should not be involved in infringement lawsuits, and it will be willing to carry out transactions.

Win big and enhance the competitiveness of enterprises: Patents are equally important for large, medium, small and new enterprises. In the fierce market competition, small enterprises can defeat large enterprises with completely new invention patents. Huge amounts of advertising exist for leading products.

6. Increase the value of the company: If any third party is willing to invest in the company's equity, and if the company owns a number of valuable patents, the company's stock price will be greatly improved. In 1997, Microsoft acquired a small company with less than 6,000 users for $42.5 billion. The purchase price was 40 times the industry average price based on the number of users. The price Microsoft was willing to pay because the company held 35% of the important Internet Transmission of proprietary television content.

7. It is conducive to the scientific and correct decision-making of enterprises: patent analysis, enterprises can understand science and technology, industry development trends, market trends, new product super potential dynamics, predict the development of enterprises in the near and medium-term development plans , determine the development of the enterprise and occupy the market with its products to maintain the company's leading position and expand market share.

Trademark Protection

The Trademark Law of the Republic of China stipulates that product trademarks, service marks, collective marks and certification marks can be registered in China to obtain exclusive rights. Text, graphics or combination of trademarks.

Trademarks are trademarks used in the production, manufacture, processing, selection and distribution of goods.

Trademarks are used by operators to distinguish services provided by their own services from other businesses.

Collective trademarks are used by trade and industry organizations, associations or other collective member organizations for goods or services to indicate that the products of operators or service providers belong to the same organization, making goods and services of non-members Phase difference trademark.

Certify the trademark control and testing capabilities controlled by administrative agencies, social groups, or their designated institutions, and on goods or services used by others to prove the origin, main raw materials, and manufacturing of the goods method, quality, precision and other specific characteristics of trade marks.

Trademark protection is for 10 years. During this period, there is no fee. After 10 years, the registered trademark of renewable energy has the following advantages:

It is protected by the country and cannot be used by anyone else. .

Registered trademarks can remain the most important intangible assets of permanent existence through later sales, inheritance, property investment, mortgage loans and others

Products are easy to enter into large shopping malls or Supermarket sales, in this state, are only allowed to enter more and more large shopping malls or supermarkets with registered trademarks.

Most consumers believe that the quality of registered trademarks is more reliable and it is easier to win the trust of consumers.

5. Avoid preemptive registration of trademarks that have been carefully designed. When applying for registration of the same trademark in China, the principle of "first filing" is not only applicable if the trademark is not allowed to be registered in the latter, but is also not allowed, otherwise it will constitute infringement.

To avoid unintentional infringement and pay huge compensation fees, the new judicial interpretation stipulates that the amount of compensation for infringement has the final say.

Copyright Protection

Most of the copyright protection for computer software outside of China is "key protection" for independent intellectual property software, especially computer software that uses software registration methods. Copyright registration. This method of copyright protection has many advantages:

There is a clear basis for clearing the software in case of disputes regarding registration rights, development time, completion time, name and content. To avoid unnecessary disputes over the ownership of the software, software registration raises the prerequisite for administrative processing of software rights or legal proceedings

Quick authorization can be obtained in about a month. The copyright protection certificate is long, with a 50-year protection period.

3. The registered software cannot open the software program. It is only used as a basis for judging infringement in the event of infringement, and the scope of confidentiality is good BR />more. Broad scope of protection, scope can be effectively determined on the basis of infringement

The cost is low, and it is only a one-time fee, with no annual fee.