Legal analysis:

The significance of intellectual property protection:

(1) Protecting intellectual property rights is conducive to mobilizing people's enthusiasm for scientific and technological research and literary and artistic creation. The intellectual property protection system is committed to protecting the intellectual achievements of right holders in the fields of science and technology and culture. Only by providing timely and comprehensive protection to the intellectual achievements and legal rights of rights holders can we mobilize people's creative initiative and promote the optimal allocation of social resources.

(2) Protecting intellectual property rights can bring huge economic benefits to enterprises and enhance their economic strength. The exclusivity of intellectual property rights determines that only by possessing independent intellectual property rights can an enterprise remain invincible in the market. More and more companies are beginning to realize the huge role of intangible assets such as technology, brands, and trade secrets. How to gradually increase the value of these intangible assets depends on the reasonable protection of intellectual property rights.

(3) Protecting intellectual property rights is conducive to promoting foreign trade and introducing foreign business and investment. The purpose of protecting intellectual property rights is to promote innovation, promote production, and improve my country's cultural soft power and scientific research level. The purpose is to protect market fairness through legislation, thereby promoting legal and effective competition.

Legal basis:

Article 1 of the "Copyright Law of the People's Republic of China" is to protect the copyright of authors of literary, artistic and scientific works, as well as the rights and interests related to copyright, This law is formulated in accordance with the Constitution to encourage the creation and dissemination of works that are beneficial to the construction of socialist spiritual civilization and material civilization, and to promote the development and prosperity of socialist culture and science.

Article 1 of the "Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China" is to strengthen trademark management, protect the exclusive right to trademarks, urge producers and operators to ensure the quality of goods and services, maintain trademark reputation, and protect consumers. This law is specially formulated to benefit the interests of producers and operators and promote the development of the socialist market economy.

Derived questions:

How long is the protection period of intellectual property rights?

The term of intellectual property rights is generally ten years, and the term of protection of trademark rights is ten years and can be renewed for ten years. The term of invention patent rights is twenty years, and the term of utility model patent rights and design patent rights is ten years. The protection period of copyright is generally fifty years. The term of intellectual property protection cannot be extended indefinitely. Trademark rights can only be renewed every 10 years (can be extended indefinitely); the term of copyright is 50 years after the death of the copyright for natural persons; and 50 years for legal persons. Patents and copyrights are not renewable.