What are not protected by intellectual property rights?

Some inventions that are not protected by intellectual property rights, including those that violate the national legal system, such as those used for drug abuse and gambling, some methods of diagnosis and treatment of diseases discovered by medical personnel, and intellectual activities that have not created specific inventions, cannot apply for patents. Intellectual property rights are not directed at invention patents, and all illegal creations are not intellectual property rights.

legal ground

Article 1 of the Intellectual Property Law of the People's Republic of China

In order to protect the copyright of authors of literary, artistic and scientific works and their rights and interests related to copyright, encourage the creation and dissemination of works beneficial to the construction of socialist spiritual civilization and material civilization, and promote the development and prosperity of socialist culture and science, this Law is formulated in accordance with the Constitution.