Abstract

Intellectual property rights are not ordinary property rights concerned with the objects rather these rights are more valuable and respected than the rights of ordinary properties. Intellectual property rights are part of the private rights whose objective is on the one hand respecting the author and on the other hand, protection of his work which is required by human society. In other words, their goal is respecting the intellectual, moral and material or financial rights of the author. In Iranian law intellectual properties are not considered to be an exchangeable item (object, good) and there are doubts regarding its transfer via selling. British law excludes the immaterial properties from the domain of exchange. However, judicial procedure and the public conduct are both against the law. In the present aryicle, the authors have sought to assay and analyze the issue via reference to the existing laws in this area as well as the ideas of the legal experts and their critical evaluation.