(2) Intellectual property rights are exclusive. That is, exclusiveness or monopoly; Without the consent of the creditor or the law, no one except the creditor may enjoy or use this right. This shows that the exclusive right of the obligee is strictly protected from infringement by others. Only through legal procedures such as "compulsory license" and "expropriation" can the exclusive right of the obligee be changed.
(3) Intellectual property rights have the characteristics of timeliness. In other words, it is only protected for a specified period of time. In other words, the protection of various rights by law has a certain period of validity, and the length of the protection period can be the same or different. Only by participating in international agreements or making international applications can a certain right be uniformly protected.
(4) Intellectual property rights have regional characteristics. That is, it is only valid in the confirmation and protection zone; That is to say, unless an international convention or bilateral reciprocal agreement is signed, the rights protected by a country's laws will only take legal effect in that country. Therefore, intellectual property rights are both regional and international under certain conditions.
(5) The acquisition of most intellectual property rights requires legal procedures. For example, the acquisition of trademark rights requires registration.
Legal basis: Article 3 of the Copyright Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) * * * The term "works" as mentioned in this Law refers to intellectual achievements that are original and can be expressed in a certain form in the fields of literature, art and science, including:
(1) Written works;
(2) Oral works;
(3) Music, drama, folk art, dance and acrobatic works;
(4) Artistic and architectural works;
(5) Photographic works;
(6) Audio-visual works;
(seven) engineering design drawings, product design drawings, maps, schematic diagrams and other graphic works and model works;
(8) Computer software;
(9) other intellectual achievements that meet the characteristics of the work.