According to the relevant provisions of the management measures and work guidelines, in addition to independent research and development, core independent intellectual property rights can also obtain ownership through transfers, donations, mergers and acquisitions, etc. However, all intellectual property rights must be authorized or approved within China and be within the effective protection period of Chinese law. The owner of the intellectual property rights should be the applicant enterprise.
Independent research and development means that the enterprise applying for certification obtains the ownership of the above types of intellectual property rights through application and registration. For transfers, donations, mergers and acquisitions, etc., you need to go to the corresponding application registration management department to handle the change procedures for transfer of rights.
For patent changes, the accepting agency is the Patent Office of the State Intellectual Property Office; for integrated circuit layout design changes, the accepting agency is the State Intellectual Property Office; for software copyright changes, the accepting agency It is the China Copyright Protection Center (Software Registration Center); when handling changes in variety rights for new plant varieties, the acceptance agencies are the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Forestry (New Plant Variety Protection Office).
It should be noted that the State Intellectual Property Office of my country is undergoing reconstruction, so the above management departments may be adjusted in the next year.