On The Custom Protection Of Intellectual Property

There are broad and narrow conceptions about the custom protection of intellectual property, or internationally acknowledged as boundary protection of intellectual property. Custom protection of intellectual property in its broad sense refers to the protection of commodities related to intellectual property in their circulation on the international market from different sorts of torts and it is a protection of all the intellectual properties of human beings. It accords to various of international conventions and treaties, different bilateral and multilateral agreements and the laws and regulations of the states. It has a broad range and its content is complex. The protection of intellectual property in its narrow sense refers to the protection of intellectual property by the custom of a particular state. The custom, as the regulation body for the inspection of commodities and person across the boundary, participates more directly in the investigation and ruling of the torts happened at the border of a state. Its protection of intellectual property is believed to be more convenient and effective compared with other departments of that state.Since the mid of the 20th century, with the development of international trade, the number of illegal commodities concerning the tort of intellectual property has also increased and the existence of the huge number of illegal goods causes great losses to international trade. The custom protection of intellectual property is gaining more and more weight in its international protection. The custom protection of intellectual property is the natural obligation of China after her entry into the WTO and it is also an effective way of protecting the rights of the owners of intellectual property. It elevates...