Research On The Legal Problems Of TV Program Format

With the development of economic globalization and the improvement of Internet technology level,the trade of TV program format is attracting more and more attention as a new type of industry.The importance of the TV program format is not only reflected in its annual huge global trading volume,but also in the complexity and complexity of its disputes.The legal protection of TV program format is somewhat weak due to its legal nature,the low cost of infringement and the passive lag of the real legislation and justice,which requires the attention of the legal profession.This article mainly through five parts to analyze the meaning,nature and legal protection of TV program format.The first part briefly introduces the significance of writing and television program format in the domestic and foreign academic research and judicial practice;the second part,the typical case at home and abroad,and further leads to a television program format which exists in the judicial trial in question,and a brief summary of the common law countries,civil law countries and our country for the TV program format disputes attitude;the third part,from the abstract level to analyze the format of television programs,the main source of television program format from the concept,characteristics and value of the angle;fourth part,through the specific level of similarity analysis of TV program format and the object of copyright,and the five the typical object of copyright comparison,analysis of TV program format in the nature of intellectual property law;finally,the fifth part On the basis of the previous article,the legal protection of TV program format is discussed.On the one hand,we should analyze the improvement of copyright law,trademark law and anti unfair competition law from the perspective of legislation.On the other hand,we should protect the legitimate rights and interests of TV program producers by improving administrative management,mediation organizations and mediation methods.