IP RIGHTS AND POLITICAL RECONSTRUCTION IN THE ‘90
IP RIGHTS AND POLITICAL RECONSTRUCTION IN THE ‘90

Summary/Abstract: In the development of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) two international bodies play a major role namely the World Trade Organization (WTO) and World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). In the early 1990 two main events took place, one regarded the dynamics of the international political system and the other the implementation of a new treaty. Regarding the first aspect the beginning of the‟90 brought the fall of the communist regimes in the Eastern Europe and parts of the communist regimes around the world. The orientation towards a democratic and capitalist political system pushed these states to adhere to the international organizational system and, thereupon, adopt also the IP rights system. On the other hand, the establishment of the WTO and the implementation of the Marrakesh Agreement which include the Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) generated an interest for all GATT and GATS members to develop stronger IP rules. The article follows these political changes and the international implementation of new acts in the field of IPR in the ‟90 in order to determine how the political changes following the end of the Cold War affected the IP system.

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