What is an intellectual property agent?

Legal analysis: Intellectual property agency companies mainly engage in intellectual property-related business, such as patent applications, search analysis, opposition applications, reexamination, invalidation, copyright registration, trademark registration, copyright registration, and legal support for intellectual property protection. It depends on the business scope of the agency company registration. Intellectual property agency refers to the act of acting on behalf of parties in handling intellectual property affairs, which mainly includes patent agency and trademark agency, but also includes copyright registration agency, integrated circuit layout design registration agency and other intellectual property categories.

Legal basis: "Copyright Law of the People's Republic of China" Article 3 The works referred to in this law refer to works that are original in the fields of literature, art and science and can be expressed in a certain form Intellectual achievements include:

(1) Written works;

(2) Oral works;

(3) Music, drama, folk art, dance, acrobatics Art works;

(4) Fine arts and architectural works;

(5) Photographic works;

(6) Audio-visual works;

(7) Engineering design drawings, product design drawings, maps, schematic diagrams and other graphic works and model works;

(8) Computer software;

(9) Other works that meet the characteristics of the work Intellectual achievements.