The subject matter of IPRs cannot be adequately interpreted under the traditional theory of res corporales dating back to Roman law. The German legal philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel once observed that intangible creations such as intellectual skills, scientific knowledge, artistic works and inventions may be traded and contracted like tangible objects, yet they remain inherently intellectual in nature, thus rendering their legal nature perplexing (Hegel 1961; Lyu 1989, p. 32).

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Subject Matters of IPRs

  • Handong Wu

摘要

The subject matter of IPRs cannot be adequately interpreted under the traditional theory of res corporales dating back to Roman law. The German legal philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel once observed that intangible creations such as intellectual skills, scientific knowledge, artistic works and inventions may be traded and contracted like tangible objects, yet they remain inherently intellectual in nature, thus rendering their legal nature perplexing (Hegel 1961; Lyu 1989, p. 32).