Intellectual property, also known as "the ownership of knowledge", refers to "the property rights enjoyed by the obligee on the intellectual labor results created by him", which is generally only valid for a limited period of time. All kinds of intellectual creations, such as inventions, literary and artistic works, and signs, names, images and designs 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.
Intellectual property is the exclusive right of intellectual labor achievements created by human beings in social practice. With the development of science and technology, in order to better protect the interests of property owners, the intellectual property system came into being and was constantly improved. Nowadays, there are more and more violations of intellectual property rights such as patents, copyrights and trademarks. The modern patent system came into being in the first half of17th century. A hundred years later, the "patent specification" system came into being; More than a hundred years later, the system of "patent claim" came into being for the need of the court to deal with infringement disputes. 2 1 century, intellectual property is closely related to human life, and it is ubiquitous. We can see its important role in business competition.
Invention patents, trademarks and industrial designs constitute industrial property rights. Industrial property rights include patents, trademarks, service marks, names of manufacturers, names of countries of origin, prevention of unfair competition, rights to new plant varieties and exclusive rights to layout design of integrated circuits.