What is the meaning and characteristics of intellectual property? How important is learning intellectual property rights to cross-border e-commerce industry?

What is the meaning and characteristics of intellectual property? How important is learning intellectual property rights to cross-border e-commerce industry? Introduction is as follows:

Intellectual property is a term in the fields of economics and law, which mainly refers to the legal rights of intellectual achievements or intellectual products. It has the following characteristics:

1. Intangible: Intellectual property is essentially an intangible property right, and its object is intellectual achievements or knowledge products, such as patents, trademarks and copyrights. This intangible property or intangible spiritual wealth is the result of creative intellectual labor.

2. Exclusivity: exclusiveness or monopoly; Without the consent of the creditor or the law, no one except the creditor may enjoy or use this right. This shows that the exclusive right of the obligee is strictly protected from infringement by others.

3. Regionality: Intellectual property rights are only valid within the geographical scope of a specific country or region. Unless an international convention or bilateral reciprocal agreement is signed, the rights protected by a country's laws only take legal effect in that country.

4. Timeliness: Intellectual property rights generated according to law are generally valid only within the time limit prescribed by law, but the laws of different countries may have different protection periods.

For the cross-border e-commerce industry, the importance of learning intellectual property rights is self-evident. First of all, intellectual property rights can protect the research and development achievements and technical secrets of enterprises and avoid being infringed by competitors. Secondly, understanding and abiding by the laws and regulations of intellectual property rights in the target market can avoid unnecessary legal risks and economic losses.

In addition, intellectual property rights also help enterprises to establish brand image in the international market and improve market competitiveness. However, there are still some problems in the field of intellectual property rights in China, such as the overall quality and efficiency of intellectual property rights are not high enough, and there are few high-quality and high-value intellectual property rights; The ability of market players to deal with overseas intellectual property disputes is obviously insufficient. Therefore, strengthening the protection and management of intellectual property rights is very important to promote the healthy development of industries in cross-border electronic commerce, China.