犯罪对象是指刑法分则条文所规定的犯罪行为所作用的客观存在的具体人或者具体物。知识产权犯罪对象是指为侵犯知识产权犯罪行为所侵害的对象。纵观世界各国(地区),知识产权刑法保护的对象大致相同,具体而言,主要有以下几类:作品、专利、商标以及商业秘密等。但各国对这些对象的定义不同,因而各国刑法所保护的对象存在很大的差异。 The object of crime refers to the specific person or the specific object of the objective existence of the criminal act prescribed by the provisions of the criminal law. The object of intellectual property crime refers to the object of infringement of intellectual property crimes. Throughout the world (regions), the protection of intellectual property criminal law are roughly the same, specifically, mainly in the following categories: works, patents, trademarks and trade secrets. However, the definition of these objects varies from one country to another, and therefore the targets protected by the criminal laws of various countries vary greatly.