Invention is mainly to create things that didn't exist in the past, and discovery is mainly to reveal the existence and nature of unknown things. This invention is a novel technical achievement, and it is not a simple imitation of existing instruments or a repetition of previous schemes and measures. If a technological achievement can find something with the same principle, structure and function in the existing technical system, it cannot be called an invention. The invention should not only provide something unprecedented, but also provide something more advanced than the previous technology, that is, it is superior to the existing technology in principle, structure and especially functional benefits. Inventions always have both inheritance and creation. Generally speaking, most of them are advanced.
According to the degree of innovation, inventions can be divided into two categories. First, breakthrough technological inventions, such as the invention of the airplane and the invention of television, have never existed before. The second is the improved technological invention. The invention changes and supplements the prior art to a certain extent without changing the basic principle, such as replacing carbon wires with tungsten wires in electric lamps, and the appearance of fluorine-free refrigerators.
Let's look at intellectual property rights. Intellectual property refers to the exclusive rights enjoyed by citizens or legal persons and other subjects in intellectual creation or innovation activities in accordance with the provisions of the law. They are also called "intellectual property rights" and "intangible property rights". It mainly includes industrial property rights composed of invention patents, trademarks and industrial designs, as well as copyrights composed of natural science, social science, literature, music, drama, painting, sculpture, photography and film works.
But Mo's is just a "suggestion", an "idea" and an expression of personal views, which has not been put into practice. This is not within the scope of intellectual property rights. There are many similar ideas all over the world, but the details are different, such as the "Earth Federation" in science fiction works. Ideas emerge one after another, and opinions are varied. For example, in the proposal of the National People's Congress, many people put forward the content of "moving the capital". Is it necessary to say that "moving the capital" was put forward first, and the others are just gourd paintings?