Intellectual property, also known as "intellectual property rights", refers to "the property rights enjoyed by the obligee on the fruits created by his intellectual labor", which is generally valid only for a limited time. All kinds of intellectual creations, such as inventions, designs, literary and artistic works, as well as signs, names and images used in business, can be regarded as intellectual property rights owned by a certain person or organization. According to Professor Mark Lemley of Stanford University Law School, the word "intellectual property" was widely used 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 rights are closely related to human life and are everywhere. 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, manufacturer's name and country of origin, as well as the right to new plant varieties and the exclusive right to layout design of integrated circuits. On April 24th, 20 17, the Supreme Law issued the Outline of Judicial Protection of Intellectual Property Rights in China for the first time. English is "intellectual property", which originally means "knowledge (property) ownership" or "wisdom (property) ownership", also known as intellectual property. In China, Taiwan Province Province and Hongkong, it is usually called intellectual property or intellectual property.