The Research On Intellectual Property Protection System Of Online Games

Because the internet have so much predominance such as intercommunication, fast transmission, and no space limitation , it improved the games' intercommunication emulation and competition. Today the online games have been the new pet of computer game trade, pronoun of the fashion. And now the online game has been one of the most important amusement industry such as movie & TV , music. A report about Chinese online game market survey made by IDC company shows that the number of Chinese online games players is increasing more than 100 percent per year and the annual growth of the online games market scale is close to 200 percent. The global sales of this trade exceed annual incomes of the moviemaking of Hollywood.With the permeation of the network, the online games are more and more popular. But Intellectual Property disputes of the online games are also increasing. Perfecting the intellectual Property protection system of our online games has already been a problem to be solved urgently.This text made an analysis of the game operation principle to understand the main form of the online games intellectual Property infringed , and made properties to assert .Then I looked up for the relevant international conventions and abroad legislated. It is mainly that " the demonstration clause of protecting the computer software " published by World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO ) in 1978, and the TRIPS (Trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights agreement ) that intellectual Property protection involved in WTO rule as well as American and Japan relevant legislation. Then I analyzed the current situation and deficiency of the online games Intellectual Property protection in our country and expounded from four aspect: copyright protection, patent protection , trade mark protection and business secret of the online games. Finally, I propose some suggestions on improving the intellectual Property in order to make up the insufficient described above , protection system of online games in our country.