What does the right of association mean?

The right of association according to law refers to the right of consumers to establish social organizations to safeguard their legitimate rights and interests according to law, which can make consumers move from scattered and weak to centralized and powerful, and is conducive to better safeguarding their legitimate rights and interests. In the field of consumption, consumers are in a weak position economically compared with operators, which leads to unequal legal status in practice, mainly manifested in the fact that consumers are mostly scattered individuals, operators are mostly organized legal persons, and consumers cannot compete with operators with strong economic strength in bargaining power and affordability.

Patent transfer usually takes the following three forms:

1, overall patent transfer, implementation of exclusive license, so-called patent ownership transfer, 10 years of independent property rights. If the patentee and the inventor transfer the patent to the enterprise as a whole, the inventor or patentee only has the right of invention after the two parties sign the transfer contract;

2. The exclusive license for patent exploitation means that the enterprise buys out the patent, and only the patentee and domestic enterprises can use the technology, and the patent cannot be transferred to a third party again;

3. The general license for patent exploitation means that the patentee authorizes an enterprise or individual to produce the patent, or may authorize multiple enterprises or individuals to produce the patent.

Legal basis: Article 12 of the Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) on the Protection of Consumer Rights and Interests.

Consumers have the right to establish social organizations to safeguard their legitimate rights and interests according to law.

Article 35 of the Constitution of People's Republic of China (PRC)

People's Republic of China (PRC) citizens have freedom of speech, publication, assembly, association, procession and demonstration.