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What is the difference between intellectual property, copyright, patent and copyright?
Legal analysis: This is a question of the classification of intellectual property rights. Intellectual property is a superior concept, including many rights, the most important of which include patent right, trademark right and copyright, and it is the three pillars of intellectual property. Among them, copyright and copyright are different names of the same right. In practice, they appear under different names, because China only has copyright law, and its official name should be copyright, and copyright should be its alias. Trademark: a mark that distinguishes a trademark or a service provider, and the Trademark Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) shall apply; Patents: including invention patents, utility model patents and design patents. The Patent Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) is applicable to the protection of inventions and creations;

Copyright (also called copyright) is governed by the Copyright Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).

Legal basis: Article 123 of the Civil Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), in which civil subjects enjoy intellectual property rights according to law. Intellectual property rights are the exclusive rights enjoyed by the obligee to the following objects according to law:

(1) works;

(2) Inventions, utility models and designs;

(3) Trademarks;

(4) Geographical indications;

(5) Business secrets;

(6) Layout design of integrated circuits;

(7) New plant varieties;

(8) Other objects prescribed by law.