Intellectual property rights are "the collective name of rights based on creative achievements and industrial and commercial marks". The three main intellectual property rights are copyright, patent right and trademark right, among which patent right and trademark right are also collectively referred to as industrial property rights. Intellectual property is "intellectual property" in English, and it is also translated into intellectual property, intellectual property or intellectual property.
Intellectual property rights are the exclusive rights enjoyed by the obligee to the following objects according to law: (1) works; (2) Inventions, utility models and designs; (3) Trademarks; (4) Geographical indications; (5) Business secrets; (6) Layout design of integrated circuits.
Etymological source:
On the surface, intellectual property can be understood as "property right to knowledge", and its premise is that knowledge has the conditions to become legal property. However, the essence of knowledge is an objective and free-flowing information. Once the knowledge as information is spread, the person who provides this information cannot control this information exclusively.
The reason why the law wants to turn the original free information into the property of the creator is because public policies need to promote the development of science and technology, social progress and protect certain specific interests. Therefore, not all knowledge produces intellectual property rights. At the same time, the extension of the word intellectual property is constantly changing with the development of society, and intellectual property is also constantly improving.