China, like the United States, is a party to the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works. As such, in general any literary or artistic work created in the US will also be protected in China.
Unlike trademark rights, which are based on use or registration (depending on the country of adoption and use), copyright rights are automatically generated once the creation of the relevant work has been completed and do not require any compulsory registration. Nonetheless, some Berne Convention countries, including China and the US, offer a system of voluntary copyright registration in order to provide a way for the copyright owners to record the particulars of the copyright in the works they created/own and other relat…
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