PROTECTION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS VIEWED THROUGH THE AGREEMENT ON TRADE-RELATED ASPECTS OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS - TRIPS AGREEMENT AND THE BERNE CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF LITERARY AND ARTISTIC WORKS

Abstract

The system of intellectual property protection is specific in relation to other forms of protection of property rights. In this system of protection among the more recent include the Multilateral Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights - TRIPS agreement, which was concluded in 1994 and an annex to the Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization - WTO. It should contribute to the promotion of technological innovation and the transfer of technology between manufacturers and users, to encourage social and economic development. It is situated outside the system of the World Intellectual Property Organization - WIPO. TRIPS agreement has a specific relationship with WIPO conventions and other agreements in the field of intellectual property. The text of the Agreement referred to four basic conventions (Paris, Berne, Rome Convention and the Washington Agreement) and in a way that the TRIPS Agreement directly refers to some of their provisions, or, in some cases, TRIPS is directly taken their provisions. Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works is an international treaty that governs copyright laws. Signed on 9 September 1886 in Bern, Switzerland. The emergence of this Convention was initiated by Victor Hugo, a member of the international association of writers and artists, so that was created under the influence of the French school of copyright, which is in contrast to the Anglo Saxon concept of copyright. The latter one dealt only with economic aspects of authorship. The Convention has been signed by 131 countries.