Difference Between Copyright and Patent ParameterCopyrightPatent Validity period 70 years 20 years Areas Mostly everything Scientific advancements Types Literature, music and audio-visual Design, utility, plant and provisional Application method No registration is required Registration process needs to be followed.1 more row •
Some main points include: - A patent is a grant given by an authority to an inventor that gives them exclusive rights over their invention for a set period of time, usually 20 years. - The person to whom a patent is granted is called the patentee.