body: Can we have a product X which gets both a copyright & a patent?
  
  
  I'm particularly interested in the case of Software since its content overlaps with both Copyright & Patent. But someone told me that the same subject matter cannot be protected under different IPRs (Copyright & Patent). 
  So, Pure Software is protected by Copyright and Software with a Technical Component is protected by Patent.
  
  
  I'm trying to figure out if the TRIPS agreement places any such rule (same subject matter cannot be protected under different IPRs).
  
  
  
title: Any rule in the TRIPS agreement which prohibits same subject matter to be protected by different IPRs?