The Review and Forecast on Development History of IPR in the World

Abstract

Intellectual property rights are private rights. Its legal regulation should apply to the general principles of private law. Since the first intellectual property system came into being in the West, humanity has passed through the course of nearly four hundred years. In the nearly four centuries of history, intellectual property rights have completed their conversion from feudal power to people’s private rights. Today, it is necessary to summarize the history of intellectual property system and forecast its prospect.