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Important reply | how to identify and prevent copyright registration search traps

2020-04-09

The reply of the person in charge of the legal department of China Copyright Protection Center on the outstanding problems reflected by the applicant during the epidemic prevention and control period is as follows:

 

Q: how to find a formal and authoritative organization to register copyright?

A: China Copyright Protection Center (hereinafter referred to as "center") is a public institution directly under the Central Propaganda Department (State Press and publication administration, State Copyright Administration). It is the national copyright registration institution that carries out works registration according to the Trial Measures for voluntary registration of works and the measures for registration of computer software copyright, and the only computer software copyright registration and copyright pledge institution in China The registered national copyright registration authority. It is an effective way for copyright owners to protect their legitimate rights and interests to register their copyright in regular and authoritative institutions.

 

Q: if you search the keyword "China Copyright Protection Center" on the Internet, it will be difficult to distinguish the name of the agency from that of the center. How can the copyright owner identify it?

A: Recently, our center has received the report from the copyright owner that the search keyword "China Copyright Protection Center" is searched by search engines, 360, Shenma, UC and other search engines or websites. The first screen results of the search include several intellectual property agency companies that use the name of our center as the Title of search results and describe information, which seriously mislead the copyright owners and even bring them to the copyright owners Unnecessary losses.

Here is a special reminder to the public, especially the copyright owners. The only official website of our center is“ www.ccopyright.com ”(including“ www.ccopyright.com.cn The only official WeChat official account is "China copyright service". All copyright registration related businesses are handled through official website, online registration application form and progress inquiry, and paper submission under the line and paper certificates can be made through official WeChat official account.

In addition, the newly upgraded copyright registration system of our center is under development. The new system will further enhance the business service function, optimize the business process, comprehensively improve the user experience, and provide more efficient and convenient copyright registration services for the majority of rights holders. The upgrade of the new system will go online through the only official website of the center“ www.ccopyright.com ”(“ www.ccopyright.com.cn "And" official account of China copyright service ", the only official WeChat public.

 

Q: agent company uses the name of the center to advertise, is it suspected of infringement?

A: the act of falsely using the name of our center in the process of business promotion through the search engine violates the relevant provisions of the general provisions of the civil law of the people's Republic of China, the tort liability law of the people's Republic of China, the Anti Unfair Competition Law of the people's Republic of China, the advertising law of the people's Republic of China and other laws, which constitutes an infringement and seriously damages the legitimate rights and interests of our center and brings great harm to the public The copyright owners cause great trouble and misleading, and the social impact is extremely bad.

 

A: any registration agency that implements the above-mentioned act of falsely using the name of our center shall immediately stop the infringement, otherwise, the center will investigate its legal liability for the infringement. For registration agencies that induce deception and cause adverse social impact, our center will also submit to relevant law enforcement departments for serious treatment according to law. Meanwhile, relevant search engine websites should take necessary measures immediately, prohibit the illegal use of the name of our center as the keyword search service for the registration agency, otherwise the relevant search engine website also bears the joint tort liability.
Since the date of this reply, our center will strengthen the monitoring and protection of rights, take active and effective measures according to law, continue to crack down on illegal acts of using the name of our center, and relevant institutions receiving the notice from the center on the aforesaid infringement shall cooperate with each other and properly solve the infringement.


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