Intellectual property rights refer to the exclusive rights that citizens, legal persons or other organizations enjoy in accordance with the law over the intellectual achievements completed by creative labor in science and technology or culture and art.
Intellectual property rights include industrial property rights and copyright (called copyright in our country). World Intellectual Property Day handwritten newspaper materials. Industrial property rights include patents, trademarks, service marks, manufacturer names, names of origin, suppression of unfair competition, etc.
Copyright is the legally stipulated right for a certain unit or individual to print, publish and sell a certain work. Anyone who wants to copy, translate, adapt or perform needs the permission of the copyright owner. Otherwise, it is an infringement of the rights of others. The essence of intellectual property rights is to treat human intellectual achievements as property.
Trademark rights refer to the exclusive rights granted by the trademark authorities to trademark owners in accordance with the law to protect their registered trademarks under national laws. A trademark is a commercial sign used to distinguish goods and services from different sources. It consists of words, graphics, letters, numbers, three-dimensional signs, color combinations, or a combination of the above elements. To obtain trademark rights in my country, the trademark registration procedure must be followed, and the first-to-file principle must be implemented.
Copyright is a civil right enjoyed by the original creator of literary, artistic, scientific and technological works in accordance with the law.
According to the proposal of China and Algeria in 1999, the World Intellectual Property Organization passed a resolution at the 35th General Assembly held in 2000, deciding that from 2001, April 26 of each year would be designated as "World Intellectual Property Day".
April 26 is the date when the Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization ("World Intellectual Property Organization Convention") comes into effect. The establishment of World Intellectual Property Day aims to establish a worldwide awareness of respecting knowledge, advocating science and protecting intellectual property rights, and to create a legal environment that encourages knowledge innovation and protects intellectual property rights.