The earliest intellectual property legal system in the world is

Anna Act: Also known as the Queen Anna Act. The original name of this law is "The Law Granting Authors and Buyers the Right to Print Books within a Certain Period to Encourage Knowledge Creation", which was promulgated by the British Parliament in 1709 and came into effect in 17 10. This is the first law in the world to protect the rights and interests of authors.

The Anna Act recognized the author as the subject of copyright protection for the first time in the world, established the concept of copyright in the modern sense, and had a great influence on copyright legislation in various countries in the world.

1709 when the queen Anna act was promulgated, the forms of expression of works were limited to printing and handwriting, so the works protected by this law were limited to written works and artistic and musical works in written form.