What does intellectual property retrieval mean?

Legal analysis: Preliminary patent search before application can save time and money. Usually refers to the time from the application for a patent for invention to whether the patent is granted or not. If the applicant does not conduct a preliminary patent search before applying for a patent, once the patent is not authorized or the scope of protection is narrowed, it will not only lose the application fee, but also lose valuable time and energy.

Legal basis: Article 2 of the Intellectual Property Law of the People's Republic of China. Works of China citizens, legal persons or unincorporated units, whether published or not, enjoy copyright in accordance with this Law. Foreign works first published in China shall enjoy copyright in accordance with this Law. The copyright of works published by foreigners in China shall be protected by this law according to the agreement signed between the country to which they belong and China or the international treaties to which * * * is a party.