The necessity of Shanghai’s Intellectual Property Regulations is:

1. Strengthen intellectual property protection. Intellectual property rights are the core of modern economic development and are of great significance to innovation and entrepreneurship, technological progress, and enhancing market competitiveness.

2. Promote the creation and application of intellectual property rights. Shanghai is an important city in China's economic rise, and intellectual property rights play an important role in Shanghai's economic transformation and upgrading and the improvement of global competitiveness.

3. Promote reforms in the field of intellectual property. Reform in the field of intellectual property involves many aspects such as the intellectual property system and management system, and requires a complete legal system for guidance and correction.

Shanghai intellectual property rights refer to intellectual property rights that enjoy legal protection in Shanghai, including patent rights, trademark rights, copyrights, trade secrets, etc.