The significance of intellectual property protection:
(1) Protecting intellectual property rights is conducive to mobilizing people's enthusiasm for scientific and technological research and literary and artistic 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 comprehensive protection of intellectual achievements and legal rights of obligees can people's creative enthusiasm be mobilized and the optimal allocation of social resources be promoted.
(2) 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.
(3) Protecting intellectual property rights is conducive to promoting foreign trade and attracting foreign investors. The purpose of protecting intellectual property rights is to promote innovation, promote production and improve China's cultural soft power and scientific research level. Its way is to maintain market fairness through legislation, thus promoting legal and effective competition.
Legal basis:
Copyright Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) Article 1 This Law is formulated in accordance with the Constitution for the purpose of protecting the copyright of authors of literary, artistic and scientific works and their rights and interests related to copyright, encouraging the creation and dissemination of works beneficial to the construction of socialist spiritual civilization and material civilization, and promoting the development and prosperity of socialist culture and science.
People's Republic of China (PRC) Trademark Law Article 1 This Law is formulated with a view to strengthening trademark administration, protecting the exclusive right to use trademarks, urging producers and operators to ensure the quality of goods and services, maintaining the reputation of trademarks, protecting the interests of consumers and producers and operators, and promoting the development of the socialist market economy.
Derivative problem:
How long is the protection period of intellectual property rights?
Generally speaking, the term of intellectual property rights is ten years, and the term of trademark protection is ten years, which can be extended, and the extension is ten years at a time. The term of patent right for invention is twenty years, and the term of patent right for utility model and patent right for design is ten years. The term of protection of copyright is generally fifty years. The term of intellectual property protection cannot be extended indefinitely. The trademark right can only be renewed once every 10 year (it can be extended indefinitely); The term of copyright is 50 years after the death of natural person's copyright; Legal person for 50 years. Patents and copyrights cannot be renewed.