How many ways can intellectual property be transferred?

The transfer of intellectual property rights refers to the legal act of transferring the owner of intellectual property rights from the transferor to the transferee according to the laws and regulations on intellectual property rights transfer and the transfer contract signed by both parties. Unless otherwise specified, the transfer of intellectual property referred to in this article only refers to the contract transfer, excluding the transfer due to inheritance or inheritance. Because intellectual property rights include forms protected by intellectual property law such as patent right, trademark right and copyright, according to different types of intellectual property rights, intellectual property rights transfer includes patent right transfer, trademark right transfer, copyright transfer and other forms of intellectual property rights transfer; From the specific function of intellectual property, the transfer of intellectual property includes the transfer of ownership and the transfer of the right to use.

The current intellectual property laws in China, including the Patent Law, Trademark Law and Copyright Law, have established corresponding norms for intellectual property transfer. In the practice of intellectual property market transactions, the transfer of intellectual property rights is becoming increasingly active, which greatly improves the utilization rate of intellectual property rights and brings transfer benefits to intellectual property rights holders. As far as enterprise intellectual property management is concerned, the transfer of intellectual property rights can create profits for enterprises, thus improving the operational efficiency of enterprises. There are two parties in the intellectual property transfer relationship. One party is the holder of intellectual property rights, that is, the transferor, including the holder of patent right, trademark right and copyright. The prerequisite for the transfer of intellectual property rights to be legally recognized and become an effective transfer behavior is that the transferor must enjoy the corresponding intellectual property rights according to law, which is also an important legal symbol to judge whether the transferor has the right to transfer (dispose of). The other party is the transferee or assignee of intellectual property rights, that is, the person who agrees to the transferor and is willing to accept intellectual property rights.