How to legally protect software?

Question

Law in IT

Hello. Tell me, please:
1. How do large companies protect software? (SKB Kontur, 1c, Megaplan, Kaspersky, Paralles, Acronis, ABBYY, etc.)
2. What methods of protection, what services do they use for legal support (or on their own).
3. What are the features of protection on the territory of the Russian Federation and other countries?

Answer 1

A brand name can be protected by trademark registration. How do you want to protect your program and from whom? If it is successful, then it will be copied and nothing will help.

Answer 2

https://megamozg.ru/hub/patents/

Answer 3

1. Large ones have their own legal. the Department.
2. To lawyers.
3. The question is too general.

Answer 4

all this is not easy, and not cheap (10-30k per month just for hello)
https://business.kaspersky.ru/my-snova-pobedili-pa...
but when you have volumes, the amounts will not particularly worry you