Private rights,national governance and international coordination are three dimensions of intellectual property(IP)rule of law construction.The nature of IP is private rights conferred by law on the achievements of intellectual activities,with the protected subject matters of specific information created through knowledge,skills,or business labor,thus,the disorder of seizing information resources and packaging them into IP objects for profit should be rectified.Due to the intangible nature of information,IP protection requires to delineating the scope of subject matter first,followed by prompt and adequate reliefs for the rights of owners,which relying on the professional and convenient confirmation for rights,as well as fair and efficient protection,enforced by the administrative and judicial authorities.This characteristic of public power intervention based on the principle of"openness for protection"has made IP system as a governance tool.IP protection is also closely related to international trade,and governed by numerous international treaties.However,the rule of law construction should not be diverged from local practice but should be grounded in the principle of territoriality,together with the principles from economics,sociology,and other fields,to seek win-win results in the development of coordinated domestic and international rule of law.
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