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According to Article 42 of the Patent Law of the People's Republic of China, the legal duration of the patent right for invention is 20 years; The duration of the two types of patent rights, utility model and design, is set as ten years, and the patent application date is also taken as the starting point for calculation.
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The term of protection of computer software works varies according to different subjects: individual works are protected until the author's lifetime plus 50 years after his death, whichever is the last; The legal person's work is first published for 50 years. If it is not published within 50 years, the copyright will be lost. The period is calculated until December 31 of the corresponding anniversary.
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Businesses counterfeit others' patents by marking false patent numbers, advertising, contract fraud and forging patent documents. To constitute a crime, three conditions should be met: no actual counterfeiting, the authenticity and validity of the counterfeited patent, and intentional act. Any infringement of patent rights, legal persons and individuals will face the legal consequences of civil compensation, administrative fines and criminal accountability.
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In patent infringement, high-risk operation injury, environmental pollution, building collapse, animal breeding, defective products, joint dangerous acts and other infringement lawsuits, each party shall bear the burden of proof. The manufacturer needs to prove the non patent licensing method, the high-risk operator needs to prove the intention of the victim, the polluter needs to prove that its emissions have nothing to do with the damage, the building owner needs to exclude the fault, the animal keeper needs to prove no fault, the manufacturer needs to provide evidence for the exemption, the dangerous actor needs to prove no direct connection, and the medical institution needs to prove no fault in the medical behavior. Under special circumstances, relevant laws and regulations shall be followed.
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