The main rights included in intellectual property rights are trademark rights, copyrights, and patent rights. According to Article 123 of the Civil Code, civil subjects enjoy intellectual property rights in accordance with the law. Intellectual property rights are the exclusive rights enjoyed by obligees in accordance with the law with respect to the following objects:
(1) Works;
(2) Inventions, utility models, and designs;
(3) Trademark;
(4) Geographical indication;
(5) Trade secret;
(6) Integrated circuit layout design;
(7) New plant varieties;
(8) Other objects specified by law.
Characteristics of intellectual property
1. The object of rights is a kind of intangible property. The object of intellectual property rights is not tangible objects, but abstract objects such as knowledge and information.
2. Rights are territorial. The regional nature of intellectual property rights means that intellectual property rights that are recognized and protected according to the laws of a country can only have legal effect in that country and do not have extraterritorial effect. For copyrights, the extraterritorial effect of intellectual property rights can be obtained by relying on international conventions or bilateral agreements; patent rights and trademark rights must be confirmed by the administrative authorities of other countries before they can have legal effect.
3. Rights are temporal. Intellectual property rights have a certain validity period and cannot last forever. Intellectual property rights are protected within the validity period stipulated by the law. After the statutory period, the relevant intellectual achievements are no longer protected objects, but become the common wealth of society and can be used freely by people.