Intellectual property rights refer to the exclusive rights that people enjoy in accordance with the law regarding the results of their intellectual labor. It is usually the exclusive right or exclusive right granted by the state to creators over their intellectual achievements for a certain period of time.
Intellectual property, English as "intellectual property", originally means "knowledge (property) ownership" or "wisdom (property) ownership", also known as intellectual achievement rights, which is essentially an intangible property right , its object is intellectual achievements or knowledge products. Intellectual property rights are civil rights and are protected by national laws.
Intellectual property rights are "a collective term for rights generated by law based on creative achievements and industrial and commercial marks." The three most important intellectual property rights are copyright, patent rights and trademark rights. Patent rights and trademark rights are also collectively referred to as industrial property rights. Intellectual property rights in English are "intellectual property", which is also translated as intellectual achievement rights, intellectual property rights or intellectual property rights.
What belongs to intellectual property rights
1. Patents: Invention patents: strict review and high value. Inventions are divided into product inventions (such as machines, instruments, equipment and appliances, etc.) and method inventions. (Manufacturing methods) Two major categories
Utility model patents: Utility models refer to new technical solutions proposed for the shape, structure or combination of products that are suitable for practical use. Low cost and short development cycle.
Appearance patent: a new visual thing, an intangible asset of the enterprise
2. Software copyright: Computer software copyright refers to the software developer or other right holder according to the relevant copyright laws. stipulations on various exclusive rights enjoyed by software works. Software copyright is divided into individual registration and enterprise registration. If an enterprise wants to apply for dual-software certification or high-tech enterprise certification, it must ensure that the copyright is in the status of enterprise registration.
3. Work copyright (copyright): refers to the rights (including property rights and personal rights) that authors of literary, artistic, and scientific works enjoy over their works. Copyright is a type of intellectual property that consists of works in the natural sciences, social sciences, and literature, music, drama, painting, sculpture, photography, pictures, and film photography.
4. Integrated circuit layout design: refers to the three-dimensional configuration of two or more components and some or all interconnection lines in an integrated circuit in which at least one is an active component, or is prepared for the manufacture of integrated circuits of the above three-dimensional configuration. Integrated circuit layout design is essentially a graphic design, but it is not an industrial design and cannot be protected by patent law. From the patent acquisition process, the time for patent application approval is too long and the cost is high, which is not conducive to the promotion and application of technology.
5. Trademark: A trademark is a mark used to distinguish one operator’s brand or service from the goods or services of other operators. my country's Trademark Law stipulates that for trademarks approved and registered by the Trademark Office, including commodity trademarks, service marks, collective trademarks, and certification marks, the trademark registrant enjoys the exclusive right to trademark and is protected by law. If it is a well-known trademark, he will obtain a cross-category trademark. Legal protection of exclusive rights.