What is the cost of intellectual property protection in China?

1. What is the cost of intellectual property protection in China? In China, the cost of intellectual property protection ranges from several hundred yuan to several thousand yuan. (1) Overall planning and effective management of the company's intellectual property rights may involve different forms of intellectual property rights, such as patent rights, trademark rights, copyrights (especially computer software copyrights), trade secrets, domain names, etc. Therefore, it is suggested that the company plan and manage the intellectual property rights involved: 1. The company may designate a special person to be responsible for the management of intellectual property rights, list details and establish files. 2. Classify intellectual property rights according to their actual value creation, importance to company development and maintenance cost. 3. Establish intellectual property data platforms, such as Chinese and foreign patent databases, China sci-tech periodicals databases, Chinese and foreign standard databases, etc. Keep abreast of the latest data and information at home and abroad to avoid the waste of company funds and the infringement of other intellectual property owners caused by repeated research. 4. Comprehensive use of intellectual property rights to protect the company's interests. Intellectual property covers a wide range. When signing a contract or encountering a dispute, it is often difficult to effectively safeguard the rights and interests of the company in some cases. At this time, several rights need to be exercised together, which can often achieve satisfactory results. (2) Take different protection measures for different types of intellectual property rights. 1. On the basis of analyzing the costs and expected benefits, the company should employ professional institutions to apply for intellectual property rights that may have a significant impact on the company, such as trademark rights, patents, copyrights, domain names, etc. , so as to protect the interests of the company to the maximum extent. In the process of cooperation with other units or individuals, it is necessary to make detailed provisions on the ownership, scope of use, time limit, distribution of subsequent research and development results, etc., and sign relevant legal documents. Second, the legal issues that should be paid attention to in the process of intellectual property protection: 1) Copyright protection of computer software: Although Article 6 of China's Regulations on the Protection of Computer Software stipulates that software developed by Chinese citizens and units, whether published or not, enjoys copyright in accordance with these regulations. At the same time, however, Article 24 of the Regulations also stipulates that the registration of software copyright with the software registration authority is the prerequisite for administrative handling or litigation of software rights disputes in accordance with these Regulations. The registration certificate issued by the software registration authority is the preliminary proof that the software copyright is valid or the facts stated in the registration application documents are true. Therefore, in order to better protect the copyright of the company's computer software, the company should register its self-developed computer software with the software registration authority, so as to avoid being in a passive position because it can't provide strong evidence in case of disputes. 2) Protection of patented technology: Before developing new technologies, we should inquire about relevant technologies to see if others already have such technologies or infringe others' patents, so as to avoid blindly going to projects. After determining the R&D, a confidentiality agreement shall be signed with the technical personnel, stipulating that the technical achievements obtained in the research shall be owned by the company, and the technical personnel shall not take the relevant technical data with them when leaving the company, and shall not engage in the same, similar or competitive work with the original unit for a period of time after leaving the company. Establish files to ensure the integrity of technical progress records. In China, if you want to protect intellectual property rights, there is a certain fee, mainly to maintain some basic protection measures, so it is generally not too expensive, but it varies according to specific protection measures, such as several hundred yuan to several thousand yuan.