The national intellectual property awareness week 2025 was held from 20 to 26 april on the theme “intellectual property and artificial intelligence”. So, what is the necessary common sense about intellectual property rights? Listen carefully。
What are the main elements of intellectual property rights
Intellectual property is the legal title of the exclusive right of a civil subject to creative intellectual outcomes. These include, inter alia:
01 copyright and adjacentness rights
Copyright, also known as copyright, refers to the personal and property rights of authors of literary, artistic and scientific works and their subjects in accordance with the law. Neighbourhood rights are referred to in copyright law as “rights relating to copyright”。
02 patent rights
This means that natural persons, legal persons or other organizations have, in accordance with the law, exclusive authority over inventions, practical novelty and visual design for a certain period of time。
03 trademark rights
That is to say, the rights of the trademark registrant or successor to the right to register the trademark within the legal period。
04 right to trade secrets
That is, the exclusive right of civil subjects to technical or operational information that is a commercial secret under the law。
05 right to new varieties of plants
The right to exclusive use of the varieties authorized by the unit or individual who has finished breeding is provided for by law。
06 design rights for integrated circuit maps
That is, the legal exclusive right of natural persons, legal persons or other organizations to the design of integrated circuit maps。
07 geographical indications
The identification of a commodity originates in an area where the particular quality, credibility or other characteristics of the commodity are largely determined by natural or human factors。
Other rights established by law
What are the legal features of intellectual property rights
01 geographical
Except in the case of an international convention or a bilateral or multilateral agreement, rights acquired under the laws of a state can only be valid in the territory of that state and are protected by that state law。
02 exclusive
Monopoly is exclusive. The proprietary nature of intellectual property rights is expressed in the following:
More than two identical intellectual property rights cannot coexist over the same intellectual product。
Subjects of law have the right to the exclusive use of intellectual property, and no one may use the intellectual property of a person without legal provisions or authorization。
03 timescale
The law of each country provides for a separate period of time for intellectual property, after which the right automatically terminates。
