Patent system

An internationally recognized system that uses legal and economic means to confirm the inventor's exclusive right to his invention in order to protect and promote technological inventions. Venice implemented the earliest patent system and promulgated the first patent law with modern characteristics in 1474. Since then, the patent system has been widely used in the world. In order to promote international exchanges and cooperation and technology trade, countries have signed some international conventions to protect industrial property rights. 1883, 1 1 countries, including France, concluded the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property in Paris (referred to as the "Paris Convention"), which is the first and by far the most important international patent convention. By the end of 1984, 94 countries had participated in it. 1980, China established the patent office; 1984 "People's Republic of China (PRC) patent law" was promulgated; 1985 accession to the Paris convention for the protection of industrial property.