What is intellectual property?
Intellectual property rights refer to "the exclusive rights enjoyed by the obligee to the intellectual labor results created by him", which are generally valid only for a limited 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 Mark of Stanford Law School,
Professor Lemley, the widely used word "intellectual property" appeared after the establishment of 1967 World Intellectual Property Organization.
Intellectual property is the exclusive right of intellectual labor achievements created by human beings in social practice. With the development of science and technology, in order to better protect the interests of property owners, the intellectual property system came into being and was constantly improved. Nowadays, there are more and more violations of intellectual property rights such as patents, copyrights and trademarks. The modern patent system came into being in the first half of17th century. A hundred years later, the "patent specification" system came into being; More than a hundred years later, the system of "patent claim" came into being for the need of the court to deal with infringement disputes. 2 1 century, intellectual property is closely related to human life, and it is ubiquitous. We can see its important role in business competition.
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.
Why should China protect intellectual property rights more strictly and effectively?
Protecting intellectual property rights is conducive to mobilizing people's enthusiasm for scientific and technological research and literary creation. The intellectual property protection system is dedicated to protecting the intellectual achievements of right holders in the fields of science, technology and culture. Only by timely and comprehensively protecting the intellectual achievements and legal rights of obligees can we arouse people's creative enthusiasm and promote the optimal allocation of social resources.
Protecting intellectual property rights can bring huge economic benefits to enterprises and enhance their economic strength. The exclusiveness of intellectual property rights determines that enterprises can be invincible in the market only if they have independent intellectual property rights. More and more enterprises are beginning to realize the great role of intangible assets such as technology, brand and trade secrets, and how to make these intangible assets gradually increase in value depends on the reasonable protection of intellectual property rights.
Protecting intellectual property rights is conducive to promoting foreign trade and attracting foreign investment. China joined the World Trade Organization on 200 1 12 1, and implemented the Agreement on Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights to protect the intellectual property rights of natural persons, legal persons or other organizations at home and abroad. Without the protection of intellectual property rights, China cannot participate in world trade activities.