In the early days of the People’s Republic of China, due to the long-term impact of war and the need to rebuild all walks of life, social transformation was progressing steadily, but the construction of the legal system was relatively lagging behind, and there were only a few legal norms related to intellectual property rights.
The “Interim Measures for the Remuneration of Manuscripts” promulgated in 1950 is one of the few legal documents involving copyright protection. This measure protects the right of authors of books and periodicals to obtain remuneration through “regular remuneration” and “quantitative remuneration”. However, there are no legal norms to protect other copyright property rights and personal rights.
The “Interim Regulations on the Protection of Invention Rights and Patent Rights” promulgated in 1950 is the first legal norm in my country involving the patent system. The interim regulations adopt the Soviet model and establish a dual-track invention and creation protection mechanism of patents and rewards. In 1963, with the promulgation of the “Invention Reward Regulations”, patent protection for inventions no longer exists, and only invention rewards remain as a protection model.
The “Provisional Regulations on Trademark Registration” promulgated in 1950 was the first legal norm in my country to protect trademark rights. The regulations stipulated the principle of protecting trademark rights and implemented a unified national trademark registration system. The “Regulations on Trademark Management” promulgated in 1963 shifted the focus of trademark work from protecting trademark rights to supervising product quality, abolished the trademark approval procedure, and avoided trademark rights and their legal protection.