Why should the patent law be promulgated and implemented?

Patent law is a kind of law to protect inventions formulated by governments of various countries. Every country implements the patent system according to its own patent law. The earliest patent law in the world was formulated by Venice and China in 1474. Later, Britain, the United States, France, the Netherlands, Germany and Japan also passed the patent law one after another. The content of patent law in different countries depends on the social, economic, historical and political conditions of the country, so the patent law in different countries is different. At present, more than 160 countries and regions in the world have promulgated and implemented patent laws.

With the development of China's socialist modernization, especially the increasingly frequent foreign economic and technological exchanges, more and more relevant units are exposed to patents. In order to protect the patent right of invention-creation, encourage invention-creation, promote the popularization and application of invention-creation, promote the development of science and technology, and meet the needs of socialist modernization,1March 984 12, the fourth meeting of the Standing Committee of the Sixth NPC deliberated and passed the Patent Law of People's Republic of China (PRC). After the implementation of the patent system in China, an invention can enjoy the exclusive right of the invention for a certain period of time once it is applied by the applicant and approved by the government special agency (Patent Office). If a third party wants to use it, it must obtain a license and pay a certain reward, otherwise it will be patent infringement and bear legal responsibility.

At present, the patent law promulgated and implemented in China is an important measure to reform China's current economic system and accelerate socialist modernization.