Can intellectual property be transferred?

The transfer of intellectual property rights can be free or paid. Free transfer of intellectual property rights means that the transferor transfers his intellectual property rights to others for the purpose of obtaining consideration. In the application practice of intellectual property rights, there are also many cases of free transfer of intellectual property rights. According to Changsha Evening News, Zou Libin, an 8 1 year-old retired professor from the School of Life Sciences of Hunan Normal University, spent five years inventing the thermal insulation braising bag and obtained the national patent in 2003. On August 12, 2005, Zou Lao expressed his willingness to transfer the patent to units or individuals free of charge, hoping that more people could use the thermal insulation stew bag to save energy for the country. In this case, the free transfer is mainly due to social welfare considerations; Another situation is that intellectual property rights can be freely transferred in order to encourage entrepreneurship. For example, according to Economic Daily, among the 12 entrepreneurial projects launched by Beijing Entrepreneurship Guidance Center at the end of May 2005, two zero-investment entrepreneurial projects and one patent project were launched for the first time. However, in the practice of intellectual property transfer, most intellectual property transfers are paid transfers. Because intellectual property, as an intangible asset, has property value, which is the premise of obtaining compensation for intellectual property transfer. On the other hand, from the perspective of intellectual property rights holders, obtaining transfer benefits through transfer is an important purpose of intellectual property transfer. Therefore, the transfer of intellectual property rights is usually a paid behavior. For example, copyright transfer refers to the act that the author or other copyright owner transfers all or part of the property rights in the copyright to others in accordance with the agreement or the relevant provisions of the copyright law within the validity period of the copyright and obtains remuneration.