title: [Research on basic questions of intellectual property rights of acupuncture and moxibustion].
abstract: Along with the modernization and internationalization of acupuncture-moxibustion (acu-moxibustion), the issue of intellectual property rights has been becoming prominent and remarkable increasingly. In the present paper, the authors explain the basic issues of acu-moxibustion learning from the concept, scope, subject, object, contents and acquisition way of intellectual property rights. To make clear these questions will help us inherit and carry forward the existing civilization achievements of acu-moxibustion, and unceasingly bring forth new ideas and further improvement in clinical application, so as to serve the people's health in a better way.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Acu-moxibustion, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China. dgtdgt2007@126.com
authors.forename: Guo-Feng
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Xiao-Dong
authors.initials: XD
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Yan-Jing
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Meng
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D006801:Humans; D018973:Intellectual Property; D009071:Moxibustion; D010067:Ownership / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*