Five thousand years ago, China's Banpo Village pottery had the world's most beautiful pointed-bottom bottles and crow's-foot basins, and they had the name of the producer to protect their products. Today we know that the three pillars of intellectual property protection are patents, trademarks and copyrights.

In order to protect the unique property of human society in the world, on March 19, 1474, the Republic of Venice promulgated the world's first patent law, whose official name is the "Inventors' Statutes" (Inventor Bylaws), this is the world's earliest patent statutory law. This law stipulates that anyone who manufactures a new and ingenious mechanical device in the city that has not been manufactured before shall register with the municipal authority as soon as the improvement has been perfected so that it can be used and operated. No one else in this city may manufacture the same or similar product to this device without the permission of the inventor within 10 years.

The British Statute of Monopolies in 1623 had a far greater impact in European and American countries than the Venetian Patent Law. Therefore, the British Statute of Monopolies is considered the ancestor of patent laws in capitalist countries. , is the second milestone in the history of the development of the world patent system.

In April 1710, the world's first copyright law, the British "Queen Anna's Statute", was born. The world's first copyright law - the British "Queen Anna's Statute", is also the world's first modern copyright law, referred to as "Anna's Statute". With the improvement of printing technology in the 17th century, printing and publishing became an emerging industry. In order to eliminate competition from unauthorized reprinters and to protect the rights of print publishers, art works, and designers, the United Kingdom formulated the "Queen Anna's Act." In 1910, China’s first copyright law, the Qing Copyright Law, was promulgated. In 1990, the first copyright law of the People's Republic of China, the Copyright Law of the People's Republic of China, was promulgated.

The first page of the original text of the world's first copyright decree

The world's earliest trademark law was the "Law Concerning Factories, Manufacturers and Workshops" enacted by France in 1803. France promulgated its first industrial design law in 1806, and the "Locarno Agreement on the International Classification of Industrial Designs" signed on October 4, 1968, both expressly stipulate that packaging and containers are included in industrial designs. design.