It is reported by the STCN, a local media in China, (Note: it is in Chinese), the Copyright Protection Center of China (“Copyright Protection Center”) released that the amount of software copyright registration in 2011 reached 109,342, with a year to year increase of 33.40%, which is over 4 times of that of 21,495 in 2006. (the image today is the blank software copyright registration certificate)
As showed in the statistics released by the Copyright Protection Center, in 2011, the top 3 areas with the most registered software copyrights are Beijing with 30,036, Guangdong Province with 19,572, and Shanghai with 10,181, which is respectively in the proportion of 27.47%, 17.90% and 9.31% in the total amount nation-wide. The forth is Jiangsu Province with 8,719 and the fifth is Zhejiang Province with 8,522. In all, the software copyright registration of the aforesaid top five totaled 77,030, about 70% of the national amount.
Bridge IP Law Commentary regards software copyright registration as an important role in the operation of an enterprise.
- Tax preferential policy: an enterprise identified as a “software enterprise” or a “high-technology enterprise” can enjoy the business income tax exemption of 2-3 years and the half taxation in the next 3 years. And the software copyright registration is essential to the identification of the “software enterprise” or a “high-technology enterprise”.
- A proof to the right protection: when the software is incurred with the infringement, the software copyright registration certificate is necessary for the lawsuit filing.
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Author: Mr. You Yunting
Founder & Editor-in-Chief of Bridge IP Law Commentary
Partner & Attorney-at-law of Shanghai DeBund Law Offices
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