Do you know what day it is?
Eh, isn't it just an ordinary working day?
Today is World Intellectual Property Day, April 26.
What is intellectual property and what does it have to do with us ordinary people?
What is Intellectual Property?
Intellectual property rights refer to the exclusive rights enjoyed by the right holder in accordance with the law for the results created by his intellectual labor and the marks and reputation in business activities, and are the exclusive rights or exclusive rights granted by the state to the creators for their intellectual achievements for a certain period of time.
Intellectual creations such as inventions, designs, literary and artistic works, as well as signs, names, and images used in commerce, can be considered intellectual property owned by an individual or organization.
What are the main intellectual property rights?
Patent right: It is the right of the inventor-creator or the assignee of his rights to exclusively use, benefit from, and dispose of the invention-creation for a specific invention-creation within a certain period of time within the scope prescribed by law, and to exclude the interference of others. Including inventions, utility models, and designs.
Copyright: Also known as copyright, it is a general term for the exclusive rights enjoyed by authors or other copyright owners in literary, artistic or scientific works in accordance with the law, including personal rights (such as the right of authorship and publication) and property rights (such as the right of reproduction and distribution).
Trademark right: It is the exclusive and exclusive right enjoyed by the trademark owner to its trademark, including commodity trademarks, service trademarks, collective trademarks, certification trademarks, etc.
Source: Guangdong popular law