1. Intellectual property rights are exclusive, that is, no one else has the right to enjoy them unless the right holder agrees or permits or is stipulated by law;
2. Intellectual property, as an exclusive right recognized and protected by law, has limited space, is restricted by national territory and has strict regionality;
3. Property rights in intellectual property rights are protected by law, which is not infinite and eternal in time, but has a certain period, called protection period or validity period;
4. Intellectual property has no entity, but takes physical objects as the carrier, thus presenting a kind of knowledge product.
The object of intellectual property is the spiritual product created by people in the fields of science, technology, culture and other knowledge forms, that is, knowledge products. Knowledge product is an object of civil rights that coexists with material products. Generally speaking, intellectual property rights are often divided into three categories, patent right, copyright right and trademark right.
The objects of intellectual property protection include:
1, literary and scientific works;
2. Performances, recordings and broadcasts by performing artists;
3. Inventions in all fields of mankind;
4. Scientific discovery;
5. Industrial product design;
6. Trademarks, service marks, names and marks of manufacturers;
7. Stop unfair competition;
8. All other rights arising from intellectual activities in the fields of industry, science, literature and art. ..
Article 123 of the Civil Code of People's Republic of China (PRC) * * * Civil subjects enjoy intellectual property rights according to law.
Intellectual property rights are the exclusive rights enjoyed by the obligee to the following objects according to law:
(1) works;
(2) Inventions, utility models and designs;
(3) Trademarks;
(4) Geographical indications;
(5) Business secrets;
(6) Layout design of integrated circuits;
(7) New plant varieties;
(8) Other objects prescribed by law. Intellectual Property Law of the People's Republic of China Article 1 This Law is formulated in accordance with the Constitution in order to protect the copyright of authors of literary, artistic and scientific works and their rights and interests related to copyright, encourage the creation and dissemination of works beneficial to the construction of socialist spiritual civilization and material civilization, and promote the development and prosperity of socialist culture and science.