Study On Intellectual Property Clause In Free Trade Agreement

The development of science and technology promotes the economic growth,and the economic growth drives the advance of globalization.In the background of globalization,the trade of countries is increasingly closely connected nowadays.and the intellectual property clause has become an important consideration in the negotiation process of signing the free trade agreement.By the mid-1990 s,the content and form of intellectual property clauses in global free trade agreements had gradually changed.Not only has the World Intellectual Property Organization(WIPO)and the World Trade Organization(WTO)created a legislative mechanism for intellectual property legislation,but other bilateral and regional cooperation is also increasing.In particular,free trade agreement have been given more and more attention by all countries because of its unique attributes of flexibility,convenience and deep cooperation.Nowadays,free trade agreements have more or less provisions on intellectual property rights,not only the intellectual property rights provisions in WIPO,but also the establishment of a mature system of intellectual property protection rules has become the top priority in the construction of a modern international economic and trade system.This paper consists of five parts.The first part mainly collates and analyzes the relevant foreign literature,and summarizes the theoretical value and significance of the topic.The second part mainly introduces the background and development of the intellectual property clause in the free trade agreement.The third part analyzes the signing situation and characteristics of the intellectual property clauses in the free trade agreements of major countries.The fourth part introduces the international influence of intellectual property clause in FTA.The fifth part analyses the defect of intellectual property clause in our free trade agreement and provides corresponding solutions.