Legal analysis: Intellectual property rights include: copyright (or copyright), patent rights, trademark rights, discovery rights, invention rights and other scientific and technological achievement rights. Since the right of discovery itself cannot be directly applied in industrial and agricultural production , that is, it does not have the nature of property, and many countries do not protect it as copyright and related intellectual property rights.

Legal basis: Article 123 of the "People's Republic of China and Civil Code" Civil subjects enjoy intellectual property rights in accordance with the law. Intellectual property rights are the exclusive rights enjoyed by obligees in accordance with the law with respect to the following objects: (1) works; (2) inventions, utility models, and designs; (3) trademarks; (4) geographical indications; (5) trade secrets; 6) Integrated circuit layout design; (7) New plant varieties; (8) Other objects specified by law.