1. Rights attributes are different. Copyright has the dual attributes of personal rights and property rights; while patent rights and trademark rights are only attributes of property rights without personal rights.
2. The authorities granting rights are different. The copyright is automatically obtained when the creation of the work is completed, and there is no need to apply for registration with any agency to obtain the copyright; the patent right is granted by the State Intellectual Property Office; the trademark right is granted by the State Trademark Office.
3. The conditions for protection are different. Works protected by the Copyright Law are required to be original, and plagiarism and plagiarism of other people's works are prohibited; patent rights are required to be granted to the first applicant, and the inventions and creations applying for patents are required to be original; the prerequisite for trademark rights to be registered is that the trademark must have Recognizability.
4. Different applicable fields. Works protected by copyright law are applicable to a wide range of fields, mainly involving literature, art and science. Patent rights and trademark rights mainly occur in the industrial, agricultural and commercial fields.
5. The rights protection period is different. The protection period of the property right and the right of publication in the copyright is the life of the author plus 50 years after death. Upon expiration, the work enters the public domain; the protection period of the invention patent in the patent right is 20 years, and the protection period for utility models and designs is The protection period is 10 years, calculated from the date of application. The protection period of a trademark right is 10 years, calculated from the date of approval of registration, and can be renewed upon expiration, with no limit on the number of renewals.