Are patents all intellectual property rights?

Patents are intellectual property rights. According to relevant laws and regulations, the right objects of intellectual property rights include works, inventions, utility models, designs, trademarks, trade secrets, geographical indications and layout designs of integrated circuits, while inventions, utility models and designs also belong to the protection objects of patent rights.

legal ground

Article 123 of the Civil Code of People's Republic of China (PRC)

Civil subjects enjoy intellectual property rights according to law.

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;

(7) New plant varieties;

(8) Other objects prescribed by law.