The intellectual property rights of the Olympics is a special kind of intellectual property rights, which involves not only the traditional objects of intellectual property rigths such as copyrights, industrial property and trade secrets and technical Know-How but also some new objects which emerged in the new economic era such as the domain names and database, and even some special objects of the Olympics with the Olympic logo as its main content.
奧林匹克知識產權主要有四類：
The intellectual property rights of the Olympics mainly consists of the following four categories:
（1）屬於國際奧委會專有的權利。包括：奧林匹克五環圖案標誌、奧林匹克旗、奧林匹克格言、奧林匹克徽記、奧林匹克會歌。
(1) The proprietary rights of the International Olympic Committee. It includes the Olympic logo of rings, the Olympic banner, the Olympic motto, the Olympic emblem and the Olympic anthem.
（2）奧運會組委會在申辦、籌建以及舉辦奧運會過程中形成的權利，閉幕後（舉辦當年的12月31日以後）這些權利歸國際奧委會所有。包括：奧運會申辦委員會的標誌，奧運組委會的奧林匹克徽記，奧運會專有名稱或其組合，奧運會徽記，奧運會旗幟，奧運會的口號，奧運會吉祥物，"城市＋年份"的奧運會標誌，奧林匹克火炬、徽章、獎牌和紀念章等設計及與之有關的任何鑄模，奧運會證書，各種奧林匹克出版物、音樂作品、圖象作品，與奧運有關的各種數據庫和統計數據等。
(2) The rights obtained in the bid, preparation for and hosting of the Olympics by the Organizing Committee of the Olymipics will be returned to the International Olympic Committee after the closing of the Olympics (after December 31 of the hosting of the Olympics). It includes the logo of the Olympics Bid Committee, the emblem of the Olympic Organizing Committee, the proper names of the Olympic Games and their combination, the Olympic emblem, the Olympic banner, the slogan of the Olympic Games, the Olympic mascots, the Olympic logo of "City + years," the Olympic torch , badges, medals and souvenirs and the designs related to any of the molds, the Olympic certificates, the various kinds of Olympic publications, music, video works and the Olympic-related databases and statistics.
（3）國家奧委會的權利。包括國家奧委會的名稱和徽記。在使用這類權利時，必須符合國際奧委會的有關規定。
(3) The rights of the National Olympic Committee. It includes the name and emblem of the National Olympic Committee.It must be in accordence with the relevant provisions of the International Olympic committee in the use of such rights.
（4）組織或個人通過合法渠道取得與奧運會密切相關的權權利。這些權利的客體主要涉及：具有奧運會電視轉播權的節目；授權使用奧林匹克知識產權的商品；與奧運會密切相關的作品；與奧運會密切相關的專利產品和專利技術等。
(4) Organizations or individuals may obtain the rights closely related to the Olympic Games through legal channels. The object of these rights mainly involves the programs with the transmission of the Olympics through TV, the products authorized to use the Olympic intellectual property rights, the works closely related to the Olympic Games and the patented products and patent technology closely related to the Olympic Games.
前三類知識產權主要依據《奧林匹克憲章》和《主辦城市合同》來行使，還須由國際奧委會授權，第四類知識產權主要依據各國知識產權法律制度進行保護。
The first three categories of intellectual property rights are mainly based on the "Olympic Charter" and the "Host City Contract", which should be authorized by the International Olympic Committee. The fourth category of intellectual property rights should be protected according to the national laws on intellectual property rights by different countries.