Legal Protection of Intellectual property Rights due to Accession to WTO

Abstract

The article examines the legal implications of the Russia’s accession to the WTO. The differences in legal systems of Russia and WTO members raise the question of how to bring Russian law in line with the WTO conventions to protect intellectual property rights. In this case, it could be a law which would make amendments to the existing RF Civil Code reproducing the wording of the TRIPS Agreement or limit the application of the TRIPS to relations involving a foreign element. Alternatively, it will be directly applied by courts in priority to the Civil Code by virtue of Article 15 of the Constitution.