What does intellectual property mainly include?

Intellectual property rights are the exclusive rights enjoyed by inventors and creators in the fields of science and technology, literature and art, including patents, trademarks, copyrights and related rights, layout-design of integrated circuits, geographical indications, new plant varieties, trade secrets, traditional knowledge, genetic resources and folk literature and art, etc.

Intellectual property, also known as "ownership of knowledge", refers to "the exclusive right enjoyed by the obligee according to law on the achievements created by his intellectual labor and the marks and reputations in business activities", which is generally valid only for a limited time.

All kinds of intellectual creations, such as inventions, designs, literary and artistic works, as well as signs, names and images used in business, can be regarded as intellectual property rights owned by a certain person or organization.

1967 The word "intellectual property" appeared after the establishment of the World Intellectual Property Organization.

Intellectual property is the exclusive right of intellectual labor achievements 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 came into being and was constantly improved. Nowadays, there are more and more violations of intellectual property rights such as patents, copyrights and trademarks. The modern patent system came into being in the first half of17th century. A hundred years later, the "patent specification" system came into being; More than a hundred years later, the system of "patent claim" came into being for the need of the court to deal with infringement disputes. 2 1 century, intellectual property rights are closely related to human life. Intellectual property is everywhere, and we can see its important role in business competition. On April 24th, 20 17, the Supreme Law issued the Outline of Judicial Protection of Intellectual Property Rights in China for the first time.

On May 27th, 2020, the National Leading Group for Combating Infringement of Intellectual Property Rights and Manufacturing and Selling Fake and Inferior Commodities issued the Key Points for Combating Infringement of Intellectual Property Rights and Manufacturing and Selling Fake and Inferior Commodities in 2020.