As one of the most technology- and knowledge-intensive civil law rights, intellectual property rights (IPRs) include, mainly yet not exclusively, copyright, patent, and trademark. Copyright is closely associated with cultural innovation and the creative economy, while rights over patents are integrated with technological innovation and industry, and rights over trademark are relevant to business operations, such as sales and trading. In a knowledge-based economy, the implementation of IPRs is a hinge on a nation’s economic growth, technological progress, and cultural and educational prosperity. Against the backdrop of economic globalisation, the protection of IPRs influences international politics, in conjunction with trade, cultural and technological exchanges and cooperation. Therefore, analysis of the attributes of IPRs from the perspective of civil law theories, and examination of the functions of IPRs within the prism of human rights, economics, management, and policy science, are crucial for any IPRs process that harbours realistic significance. The entailed interdisciplinary perspective provides this book with a clear vision with which to commence.