A harmonização do regime internacional de propriedade intelectual: embate entre países desenvolvidos e em desenvolvimento

Abstract

The present study aims to examine, in the light of International Relations Regimes theory, the harmonization of Intellectual Property Regime in the modern international scenery - Post- TRIPS - and its influence on technological and economic development of the countries subject to this specific regime, observing the perspectives of developed and developing countries.The theme of Intellectual Property became more important through the debates that led to the creation of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the specific international organization on the subject, namely, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). It is a topic of high political value present in international agendas of economic blocs and individual states; that is why there is a need to broaden the discussion of intellectual property, and to identify the impact of this particular regime on the results and behavior of the countries subject to the regime in its economic area.There is a patent need to verify whether there is harmonization between the principles, norms, rules and procedures on policy decisions of states, in addition to observe the effectiveness of the regime in relation to national development. Finally, it is noticed that the relationship between the rules of intellectual property and the economic and technological development of states care not directly related, it means, there is no necessary bond between them. However, international and domestic policies that build on foundations of the intellectual property system help, in fact, the construction of a national system able to assist the process of national development.