Intellectual property service companies provide intellectual property agency and provide services for corporate intellectual property management. They mainly refer to agency companies, such as patent agencies and trademark registration agencies, which can help companies write patent application documents. and registered trademark application documents.
There are also some that provide consulting services, such as analyzing the patent market of a certain industry, estimating patent trends, and forming some patent research documents for enterprise reference. In addition, there are some intellectual property service companies whose main business is to fight counterfeiting. They are entrusted by enterprises to investigate and discover products with counterfeit trademarks and counterfeit patents in the market, and file lawsuits through administrative or judicial channels to protect the enterprise's intellectual property rights.
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Intellectual property rights (rule of law concept): Intellectual property rights, also known as "knowledge ownership rights", refer to "the right holder's enjoyment of the results created by his or her intellectual labor" "property rights" are generally only valid for a limited period of time.
Various intellectual creations such as inventions, designs, literary and artistic works, as well as logos, names, and images used in business can be considered intellectual property rights owned by a certain person or organization. According to Professor Mark Lemley of Stanford Law School, widespread use of the term "intellectual property" emerged after the establishment of the World Intellectual Property Organization in 1967.
Intellectual property rights are the exclusive rights regarding the fruits of intellectual labor 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 has emerged and is constantly being improved. Nowadays, there are more and more infringements of intellectual property rights such as patent rights, copyrights, and trademark rights.
The modern patent system emerged in the first half of the 17th century; a hundred years later, the "patent specification" system emerged; and more than a hundred years later, starting from the needs of the courts in handling infringement disputes, Only then did the “claims” system come into being. In the 21st century, intellectual property rights are closely related to human life. Intellectual property rights are everywhere. 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, manufacturer names, names of origin, as well as new plant variety rights and exclusive rights to integrated circuit layout designs.
On April 24, 2017, the Supreme People’s Court issued the “Outline for Judicial Protection of Intellectual Property Rights in China” for the first time. In September 2018, the General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the General Office of the State Council issued the "Opinions on Several Issues Concerning Strengthening Reform and Innovation in the Field of Intellectual Property Trial" and other important documents.
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