How to apply for a patent for film and television short film creation

You can't apply for a patent for the creation of short films, but you can apply for the copyright of the works.

The object of copyright protection is:

1. written works: written works refer to works that express the author's feelings and thoughts in the form of language or other symbols equivalent to language.

Oral works: Oral works refer to works created in oral language and not fixed by any material carrier, such as speeches, lectures, court debates, speeches and sermons.

Music, drama, folk art, dance, acrobatic works .. 1. Music works: Music works refer to works that can be sung or played in combination with melody rhythm and chorus, and express the author's thoughts with music scores or lyrics, such as folk songs, pop songs, symphonies, strings, jazz, percussion, etc. 2. Dramatic and Quyi works: Dramatic works refer not to a complete drama, but to the script that performs it. The Berne Convention also defines drama as drama. 3. Dance works: Dance works refer to the action design and program arrangement of dance, which can be recorded in words or other ways. 4. Acrobatic works of art: According to the regulations for the implementation of the Copyright Law, acrobatic works of art refer to acrobatics, magic, circus and other works expressed through body movements and skills, which are embodied in the forms of driving skills, pedaling skills, hand skills, top skills, rope walking, trapeze, folk acrobatics and so on.

4. Art and architectural works: Art works refer to plane or three-dimensional plastic art works with aesthetic significance, which are composed of lines, colors or other forms.

5. Photographic works: Photographic works refer to artistic works that reproduce the image of objective objects on photosensitive materials by means of photographic equipment and reasonable application of optical and chemical principles.

6. Movies and works created by methods similar to movies: Movies and works created by methods similar to movies refer to works composed of a series of audio or silent pictures on a certain recording medium, which are projected and played through appropriate devices.

7. Graphic works and model works such as engineering design and product design drawings, maps and schematic drawings: Graphic works refer to engineering design drawings and product design drawings drawn for construction and production, as well as maps and schematic drawings reflecting geographical phenomena and explaining the principle or structure of things.

8. Computer software: Computer software refers to computer programs and related documents. A computer program refers to a set of coded instructions executed by a computer in order to obtain a certain result, or a set of symbolic instructions or symbolic statements that can be automatically converted into coded instructions.

Other works stipulated by laws and administrative regulations: this is an elastic clause. With the development of technology and culture, some new forms of works may appear in the future. This provision can maintain the stability and flexibility of the law for a long time.

X. Folk literature and art works: Folk literature and art works cover a wide range, including stories, legends, fables, chronicles, myths, narrative poems, dances, music, plastic arts and architectural arts. Folk literature and art have the characteristics of being handed down from generation to generation, and often there is no fixed tangible carrier or clear author. The protection measures shall be formulated separately by the State Council under the authorization of copyright law.