CPTPP Intellectual Property Rules and China's Response

Abstract

In the complex and changeable international environment, due to the serious crisis of the multilateral trading system of the World Trade Organization and the influence of trade protectionism of Western countries, the United States and other developed countries try to promote trade facilitation through institutional changes and innovations in the field of intellectual property in order to seek more benefits. In order to avoid being marginalized in the reconstruction of international economic and trade rules and affecting trade exchanges between China and other countries, China formally submitted a written application to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) in 2021. The CPTPP, which came into effect in 2018, covers a wide range of content, comprehensive and high standards. So far, the issue of intellectual property is still one of the most important issues that some countries want to solve if they want to join the CPTPP. Although CPTPP shelve the 11 high-standard provisions in TPP, there is still a certain gap between China's intellectual property legal system and the CPTPP intellectual property rules at present. In order to successfully connect with the CPTPP intellectual property rules, it is necessary for China to conduct a comprehensive investigation of its intellectual property text and analyze the differences between it and the domestic intellectual property legal system. And put forward countermeasures.