When a company wants to apply for the protectio...

30.When a company wants to apply for the protection of a creative design, what is the difference between copyright protection and patent protection?

The main differences between the protection of creative designs through copyright and design patents are as follows: (1) The copyright follows the principle of automatic generation while the right of the design patent is generated after the application for approval and the payment of fees.(2) Different protection periods.The term of protection varies according to the type of work and the right owner, but usually the term of protection shall not be less than 50 years after creation while the term of protection for a design patent shall not be less than 10 years.(3) Different protection areas.Copyrights can be protected in the member states of the international convention, and design patents are only protected in the approving country.(4) Unique but similar works created independently by others cannot be prohibited by a copyright owner because a similar work also enjoys independent copyrights, but the design patentee may prohibit others from using the same or similar designs.(https://www.daowen.com)