intellectual property

IP is intellectual property, also known as "intellectual property", which means "the property right enjoyed by the obligee on the fruits created by his intellectual labor", and it is generally only valid for a limited time. All kinds of intellectual creations, such as inventions, designs, literary and artistic works, as well as signs, names and images used in business, can be regarded as intellectual property rights owned by a certain person or organization.

According to Professor Mark Lemley of Stanford University Law School, the word "intellectual property" was widely used after the establishment of 1967 World Intellectual Property Organization.

There are two kinds of intellectual property rights: one is copyright (also known as copyright and literary property rights) and the other is industrial property rights (also known as industrial property rights);

Copyright, also known as copyright, refers to the property rights and spiritual rights that natural persons, legal persons or other organizations enjoy in accordance with the law for literary, artistic and scientific works. Mainly including copyright and neighboring rights related to copyright; Usually, what we call intellectual property mainly refers to the copyright of computer software and the registration of works.

Industrial property right refers to an intangible property right with practical economic significance in industries such as industry, commerce, agriculture and forestry, so the name "industrial property right" is more appropriate. It mainly includes patent right and trademark right.