(1) patent right. The object of litigation is invention, utility model, design, etc. Patent right is the right granted to the inventor or unit to monopolize, use and dispose of the achievements of invention and creation according to law.
(2) Trademark right: the object of litigation is trademark; Trademark is a kind of mark specially designed to help people distinguish different commodities and consciously placed on the surface of commodities or their packaging. Trademark right refers to the exclusive right to use a trademark enjoyed by the trademark user according to law.
(3) copyright. Its litigation objects are works, computer software and other original achievements; Copyright, also known as copyright, is the exclusive right enjoyed by citizens, legal persons or unincorporated units to their own literary, artistic, natural science and engineering and technical works according to law.
(4) Other types.
Intellectual property refers to the exclusive rights enjoyed by citizens or legal persons in intellectual creation or innovation activities according to law, also known as "intellectual achievement right" and "intangible property right", which mainly includes industrial property rights composed of invention patents, trademarks and industrial designs, as well as copyrights (copyrights) composed of works such as natural science, social science, literature, music, drama, painting, sculpture, photography and movies. There are broad and narrow classifications of intellectual property rights, and international law and domestic law are the basis of classification. Intellectual property in a broad sense can include all the achievements of human intellectual creation, that is, the scope defined by WIPO, but the content of protection is established by domestic law.
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.