The word "IntellectualProperty" originated in Germany, and English is intellectual property. Intellectual property rights are people's rights to the achievements created by their intellectual activities and their marks and reputations in business management activities according to law. Summarize all rights in the field of one's intellectual activities as "intellectual property rights". Intellectual property rights can be divided into broad sense and narrow sense. Intellectual property rights in a broad sense include copyright, neighboring rights, trademark rights, trade name rights, trade secret rights, origin marking rights, patent rights, layout-design rights of integrated circuits, new plant varieties and other rights. There are two kinds of intellectual property rights in a narrow sense. First, literary property rights, including copyright and neighboring rights related to copyright, such as copyright, publishing rights, performers' rights, producers' rights of audio and video recordings, and broadcasting organization rights. The other is industrial property rights, mainly patent rights and trademark rights.
Intellectual property rights, also known as "intellectual property rights", refer to "the exclusive rights enjoyed by the obligee according to law for the achievements created by his intellectual labor and the marks and reputations in business activities", which are generally valid only for a limited time. All kinds of intellectual creations, such as inventions, designs, literary and artistic works, as well as signs, names and images used in business, can be regarded as intellectual property rights owned by a certain person or organization. According to Professor MarkLemley of Stanford University Law School, the word "intellectual property" was widely used after the establishment of 1967 World Intellectual Property Organization.