What exactly is intellectual property?

Intellectual property rights, also known as "intellectual property rights", refer to "the property rights enjoyed by the obligee on the fruits of intellectual labor created by him", which are generally valid only for a limited period of time. All kinds of intellectual creations, such as inventions, literary and artistic works, and signs, names, images and designs used in business, can be regarded as intellectual property rights owned by a certain person or organization.

According to Professor Mark Lemley of Stanford University Law School, the word "intellectual property" was widely used after the establishment of 1967 World Intellectual Property Organization.

Invention patents, trademarks and industrial designs constitute industrial property rights. Industrial property rights include patents, trademarks, service marks, names of manufacturers, names of countries of origin, prevention of unfair competition, rights to new plant varieties and exclusive rights to layout design of integrated circuits.

China's unique intellectual property affairs have become the agency work (agency) of some patents and trademark copyrights;

The intellectual property work of a company is generally also the technical protection of the company and the patent analysis and early warning of competitors.

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The role of intellectual property rights

(1) Provide legal protection for the rights and interests of people who have completed intellectual achievements, and mobilize people's enthusiasm and creativity in scientific and technological research and literary and artistic works.

⑵ It provides a legal mechanism for the popularization, application and dissemination of intellectual achievements, transforms intellectual achievements into productive forces and applies them to production and construction, resulting in huge economic and social benefits.

(3) Providing legal norms for international economic, technological, trade, cultural and artistic exchanges, and promoting the progress of human civilization and economic development.

⑷ As an important part of modern civil and commercial law, the legal system of intellectual property rights is of great significance to perfecting our legal system and building a country ruled by law.

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