Software copyright registration is one kind of copyright protection in China. The Chinese Law stipulates that creator or other oblige enjoys exclusive rights of the software under related copyright law. It is a civil right and has the common features of all the civil rights. Copyright is an exception in intellectual property right because it is owned without individual confirmation. This is usually called as principle of “automatic protection”. The copyright owner enjoys right of publication, right of authorship, right of consent to use, as well as right of being paid.
According to the Copyright Protection Center of China (CPCC), China received over 700,000 software copyright registrations in 2017, a year-on-year growth of 85 percent and a historical peak. Copyright registration is increasingly recognized as a valuable tool in the ‘bundle of rights’ obtainable in China, especially as copyright rights are not limited to any particular list of goods and services, as is the case with trade mark protection.
Significance of Registration
1. Served as a significant basis of tax reduction and exemption.
2. Served as a basis to provide protection of law.
3. Served as investment by technology.
4. Served as a basis to apply for technological achievement.
5. Served as tangible income if corporation goes into bankruptcy.
Material Needed for Registration
1. Completed application form of software copyright registration;
2. Materials for identifying software;
3. Related proof documents;
4. The program and document must consist of source program as well as the first and last 30 pages of any kind of document;
5. Identity of natural person, legal person or other organization;
6. Contract on copyright owner or project assignment paper should be submitted if there are;
7. Proof of consent to modify original software from the copyright owner should be submitted if it is developed on the basis of original software;
8. Proof of inheritance or endorsement provided by inheritor or endorsee.
9. The first and last 30 pages of the source program, with the confidential parts that should not beyond 50% of the source program, are covered by black stripe.
10. The first 10 pages and any 50 consecutive pages of the source program.
11. The first and last 30 pages of the source program, as well as any 20 consecutive pages of the source program.
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