Research into the attribution of intellectual property rights of geological survey results

At present,the legislation in China hasn’t set provisions to the right of geological survey results.In the practice,the attribution of ownership is indistinct,which obstructs the social service process of survey results.Geological survey results pertain to intellectual results----the intangible assets which would be preferentially applied with law on science and technology progress and intellectual property law according to principles of legislation law.Except for situation that is explicitly stipulated by law,from the view of related provisions of intellectual property law and law on science and technology progress,the ownership of intellectual property rights depends on agreement of two parties to a large extent.The specific patterns of agreement should be selected on the basis of different sources,categories and utilization patterns of geological survey results.