A Historical Survey Of The Protection Of Intellectual Property Rights In The UK

The United Kingdom is one of the most important countries in the origin of the intellectual property protection system and ideas.The earliest intellectual property protection in the UK was born in the late Middle Ages.At the beginning of the 14th century,in order to promote the development of the kingdom's economy and technology,the King of England gave some masters the right to monopolize the technology or related industries,and gradually formed a "patent license" tradition,which is the origin of intellectual property protection in practice in the UK.In 1624,the promulgation of"The Statute of Monopolies" became the beginning of the institutional protection of intellectual property rights in the United Kingdom.It was clear that the invention patents that were relevant and beneficial to the public interest could be legally monopolized within a certain period of time.In 1710,the passage of "The Statute of Anne" marked the birth of copyright in the United Kingdom.In the following 18th century,copyright protection in the United Kingdom gradually developed.In addition,the patent system was also consolidated and progressively developed during the first industrial revolution.The early development of intellectual property protection in the UK led to the initial establishment of its institutional system,and patents and copyrights became the two most main and important areas of intellectual property protection in the UK.Since the mid-19th century,the protection of intellectual property rights in the United Kingdom began to develop in the direction of modernization.Its intellectual property law began to establish an independent legal department with its own legal context.In terms of patents,the patent system experienced a mid-19th century reform and a large-scale debate about whether to abolish patents.It was retained in the reforms of the late 19th century,and new internal changes were realized in the 20th century to continue to develop.The British copyright protection during this period not only faced the problem of copyright internationalization in Europe and even the world,but also suffered from the fact that the current domestic copyright law could not keep up with the actual changes.The United Kingdom solved external problems through various bilateral agreements and multilateral agreements,and tried to explore ways to reform the copyright law.In 1911,the reform and "codification" of copyright law was finally ushered in.In 1956,the United Kingdom targeted the rapid development of technology after World War ? has reformed the copyright law once again.Until the 1960s,when the UK entered the final era of European Union,the modernization of intellectual property protection in the UK was basically completed.The arrival of the 1970s opened a new era of intellectual property protection in the UK.The wave of the third scientific and technological revolution has brought the era of digitalization and informationization.Including the UK,the "knowledge" factors in the world have grown rapidly and widely,and the economic value and benefits they contain are increasing day by day.At the new level,the concept of intellectual property itself has also been expanded and integrated.In addition,under the background of economic and political globalization and regional integration,the United Kingdom also joined the European Community in 1973.After the birth of the European Union in 1993,it continued to be a member of the EU until the vote for Brexit in 2016.During this period,the development of intellectual property protection in the UK was heavily influenced by the European Community(EU).These have led to new changes and developments in intellectual property protection in the UK.In the legal system,the United Kingdom has undergone major reforms in intellectual property laws such as patent law and copyright law since the 1970s,and a new intellectual property law was enacted in 2014.At the same time,the judicial protection system and related regulatory agencies have also been innovated.The UK has achieved new developments in intellectual property protection based on its historical heritage.Intellectual property protection has an important impact on the economic and political development of the UK.Economically,intellectual property protection encourages the innovation and dissemination of technology,and the application of inventions to promote the development of commercial trade;the benign application of the system protects and promotes the sense of innovation,creates a reasonable competitive environment and atmosphere conducive to innovation,and forms protection The continuous mechanism of "intangible capital".Politically,the protection of intellectual property first promotes the development of individual rights and their consciousness.Secondly,it is closely related to political life,it has played a role in maintaining political rule in the early days,as well as the dissemination of political ideas and concepts,and freedom of speech.It also promotes the development of British democratic politics and the prosperity of constitutional civilization and the concept of the rule of law in society.This paper mainly focuses on the development of patents and copyrights in the field of intellectual property protection in the UK,and takes this as a representative to examine the history of intellectual property protection in the UK.The paper mainly divides it into three time periods according to the stage and characteristics of the evolution of the legal system,and discusses it in three parts,and explores the key points of each stage and the important institutional achievements as the focus of investigation.The last part discusses the impact of intellectual property protection on the UK.