Intellectual property right (IP) is a generic term for right to protect intellectual products as a result of mental creative efforts such as invention .
Intellectual property right is a kind of property right as well as real right such as landownership and obligatory right such as a right to claim repayment of debts, but is significantly different from them in that it is for intangible property, called intellectual results.
Major intellectual property rights are, inter alia, industrial property rights including patent, utility model, industrial design and trademark rights.
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