Legal Subjectivity:

The protection periods of patents and trademarks and their similarities and differences are as follows: the term of invention patent rights is twenty years, the term of utility model patent rights and design patent rights It is ten years, and the validity period of a registered trademark is ten years. The similarities include: they are both intangible properties, and both have proprietary and regional characteristics. Differences: 1. The application institutions are different. Patents should be applied to the patent administration department, while trademarks need to be applied to the Trademark Office; 2. The protection periods are different. Legal objectivity:

"Patent Law of the People's Republic of China"

Article 42

The term of invention patent rights is twenty years. The term of utility model patent rights and design patent rights is ten years, both calculated from the date of application.

"Patent Law of the People's Republic of China"

Article 43

The patentee shall pay the patent fee starting from the year when the patent right is granted. Annual fee.

"Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China"

Article 39

The validity period of a registered trademark is ten years, starting from the date of approval of registration Starting from calculation.