Q & A

In the field of legal theory research, intellectual property can be divided into narrow sense and broad sense.

In a narrow sense, intellectual property rights are divided into two categories: one is copyright (also known as copyright and literary property rights), including computer software copyright and work copyright. The other is industrial property rights (also known as industrial property rights), mainly including patent rights and trademark rights.

Intellectual property rights in a broad sense include copyright and its adjacent rights, patent rights, trademark rights, trade secret rights, enterprise name rights, integrated circuit layout design rights, new plant varieties rights, geographical indications rights, industrial quality marking rights, etc. International conventions related to intellectual property, such as the Convention on the establishment of the World Intellectual Property Organization and the intellectual property agreement (TRIPS) of WTO, adopt the concept of intellectual property in a broad sense.

It should be pointed out that the right of discovery is not treated as intellectual property.

Copyright, also known as author's right, refers to the rights that authors of literary, artistic, and scientific works have over their creations.

Copyright includes two parts: economic rights and moral rights. Economic rights refer to the rights to use and receive remuneration for the work, such as reproducing, distributing, renting, exhibiting, projecting, broadcasting, communicating via information networks, producing cinematographic works, adapting, translating, and compiling the work, and receiving remuneration for these uses. Moral rights, also known as personal rights, include the right of publication, the right of authorship, the right to make modifications, and the right to protect the integrity of the work.

No trademark can guarantee 100% successful registration. It is mainly affected by two aspects. One is that the trademark examination standard is subjective and subject to the knowledge of trademark examiners

Structure, experience and other influences; Second, there is a three-month blank period (blind period) for the information that can be found on the Internet from the submission of a trademark, which is commonly known as the blind period. If there is evidence during the blind examination period

The same or similar trademark is already under application and cannot be found.