The Legal Regime of Protection of Computer Programs under the Legislation of China

The article analyzes the question of choosing the most optimal mode of legal protection of a computer program as an object of intellectual property under Chinese law. The purpose of the study is to determine the place of a computer program in the system of results of intellectual activity, taking into account the legislation of patent practice in China. Despite the absence of computer programs among patentable objects, based on the analysis of patent practice, it is concluded that it is possible to patent computer programs, provided that a number of requirements for the wording of the patent application are met. The weak reliability of the legal protection of software as an object of copyright in China is proved. The patent-legal regime of protection of a computer program in China is more preferable, for obtaining which it is required to prove the connection of the software with the technical field or the achievement of a technical result.