The United Kingdom is the earliest birthplace of the patent system.
The earliest "Monopoly Rights Regulations" promulgated by the UK, together with the "Queen Anna's Decree" formulated in 1709, established the UK as the originator of the world's intellectual property protection system. Since then, in the protection of intellectual property rights, the UK has continuously improved its regulations in terms of maintaining knowledge monopoly and promoting knowledge mobility, and has continued to seek a better balance between the two.
The "Monopoly Rights Ordinance" promulgated by the United Kingdom in 1623 is the world's first formal and complete patent law. This law established the core of the patent system and also reflected that intellectual property rights are monopolies in a certain sense. concept of rights.
As the world's first copyright law, the "Queen Anna's Decree" stipulates that the author is the owner of the copyright and the principle of protecting published works within a fixed period, which is still the core content of copyright law today. .
The patent protection system mobilizes the creative enthusiasm of the people. It is a system that emerged with the development of human history to protect intellectual achievements. It shaped the early capitalist countries!
Contemporary Chinese intellectual property rights are divided into invention patents, new patents and publication rights