YOGYAKARTA - Copyright and patents are types of legal protection that must be known by artists and business actors. At first glance, they are similar, but both provide legal protection for different objects. So what are the differences in copyright and patents?
Both copyright and patent are both part of Intellectual Property Rights to provide creative and innovative work protection. However, both have significant differences in granting the right to control the use of works. Artists and business actors are required to understand the differences in copyright and patent in order to know what category their work is in.
Provisions regarding copyright have been regulated in Law (UU) No.28 of 2014. Copyright is the creator's exclusive right that arises automatically based on the declarative principle after a creation is realized in real form without reducing its difficulties in accordance with the provisions of the legislation.
Recognition of copyright ownership can be obtained by someone who makes his work or creation first. Because it adheres to the declarative principle, it is the initial inventor of a work who won copyright for his work. However, in order to get legal protection officially, copyright needs to be registered with the Ministry of Law and Human Rights.
Rules regarding patents are contained in Law No. 13 of 2016. Patents are exclusive rights granted by the state to inventors for their intervention in technology for a certain period of time to carry out the investment themselves or give approval to other parties to implement it.
Recognition of ownership of patents is given to someone who registered their findings first. To obtain patents, one needs to apply first because the principle of patents adheres to 'first to file'.
There are still many Indonesians who do not understand the differences in copyright and patent rights. For the convenience and smoothness and commercialization of their works or findings, artists and business actors are required to make the following year's differences between the two.
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copyright is legal protection for works that are the result of creative thinking. Objects protected by copyright include songs, books, films, logos, and other works of art. Copyright needs to be submitted and owned by artists, writers, musicians, and other similar creators who have spawned works.
While patents are legal protection for new innovations and innovations. Objects that can get patents include technology, machinery, production methods, to new theories. Patents are addressed to scientists, experts in a field, to business owners who create new findings as previously referred to.
The legal protection of copyright is granted during the lifespan of the creator or creator until 70 years after his death. Meanwhile, patent protection is recognized for 20 years from the date of application for a patent.
copyright gives copyright holders exclusive rights to control the use and use of their works. The existence of copyright will provide permission, convenience, and security in copying, distributing, and commercializing works.
While patents give patent holders exclusive rights to control the use of their findings. By owning a patent, a person can make, use, sell, and distribute their products or findings methods officially and safely.
The copyright registration process can be said to be easier than applying for patents. Applications for copyright can be submitted to local copyright institutions. In addition, copyright processing costs are also relatively cheap.
While the patent registration process is more complicated and expensive. To obtain patents, a proposed product or method must go through a stringent series of inspection processes. There are a number of criteria that must be met to obtain patents.
Such is the review of copyright differences and patents that must be understood by artists and business actors. Copyright is legal protection for creative thinking-based works. While patents are legal protection provided for new works or innovation products.
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