How is it considered as copyright violation in a novel?

I'm going to write a novel that reminisces about high school. The plot is fictional, and the names of the characters have also been changed. I know that the characters in the novel can't use their real names, so what about the school name or other names? For example, could words like Shandong University, Shandong Province High School, Jinan City Security Bureau, and Shandong Province Security Bureau appear? Also, could the original names of places, districts, or streets in Jinan City, Tianqiao District and Beijing City be used? If not, how should I change it so that people know where I wrote? I don't have much to give, so I've given you all that I can. Please help me, professionals. Thank you.

Answer 1

Infringements in novels usually involved legal issues such as copyright and intellectual property rights. The following are some of the acts that may constitute an intellectual property right:

1. Plundering: Directly copying other people's works, storylines, character settings, etc. in a novel or using other people's storylines, character settings, etc. as elements of one's own novel.

2. Adaption: To adapt someone else's work, storyline, character setting, etc. into one's own novel or to use someone else's work, storyline, character setting, etc. in one's own novel.

3. False propaganda: Making up characters in the novel, exaggerating their characteristics, or false propaganda to mislead the readers.

4. Infringing on the portrait rights of others: Using other people's portraits or fictional characters in novels.

5. Infringing on the reputation of others: slandering the reputation of others in the novel, making up false statements of others, etc.

6. Invasion of other people's privacy: fabricate other people's personal information, family situation, etc. in the novel or disclose other people's personal information.

7. Infringing on the copyright of others: Using other people's words, pictures, audio, video, and other works in the novel or making up the identity of other people's copyright owner, author, etc.

It should be noted that the above are only some of the acts that may constitute an invasion. The specific circumstances of the invasion still need to be judged according to the specific circumstances. When writing a novel, one should strictly abide by the relevant laws and regulations to avoid copyright infringement.