What is IP?
"IP" has been popping up as a new buzzword as films
and TV dramas based on novels or computer games became blockbusters
-- including The Ghouls, adapted from Ghost Blows Out
the Light. that enjoyed handsome box office returns;
Allstar Heroes from Dota2 that made the top of the mobile
game rankings list; and myriads of fantasy dramas crowding the
airwaves. All of the sudden "IP", an acronym for
Intellectual Property, seems to have become a household word.
Actually, this hot word, at least as the media uses it, actually
refers to only a certain type of right under the IP system: the
copyright.
What is a copyright?
Copyright protects an intellectual creation/work of literature,
art or science that is original and can be reproduced in a tangible
form. Article 4 of the Implementing Regulations
of the Copyright Law and
Article 5 of the Copyright Law together define, by pros
and cons, the scope and definition of works protected under
China's copyright
