The so-called layout design is the layout design of printed matter, including the arrangement of layout elements such as layout center, layout, words, line spacing and punctuation. Layout design is the result of publishing house's work when editing and processing works. Whether the published works are protected by copyright or not does not affect the establishment of the layout-design. Even though he photocopied ancient books, he created a protected layout as long as the publishing house invested in intellectual labor such as seeking rare books, matching books, supplementing pages, correcting words and binding.
The publisher has the exclusive right to use its layout design, that is, except the publisher can use its layout design at will, no one else can copy it as it is without permission. Publishers have to prohibit the use of very simple and minor changes to copy and copy the changed proportion. It can be seen that the protection scope of layout-design right is very narrow, and it is generally only the exclusive right of reproduction. In addition, it usually does not contain the elements of individual rights.