Conflict of International IPR Treaties: Legal Mechanisms for Reconciling Obligations Under Trips, Berne Convention, and Regional FTAS

ABSTRACT International intellectual property treaties are essential frameworks for multinational rights protection, which promotes inventiveness and originality. By protecting intellectual property, these agreements not only harmonize legal norms but also promote global trade. For these purposes, treaties like Berne Convention, Paris Agreement, TRIPS-WTO were signed in by many countries. However, conflicts among these IPR regimes occurs in different situations wherein WTO-TRIPS obligation, Berne Convention Copyright Standards are directly in conflict with the provisions given in the framework of TRIPS-plus as they overlap in the area of regional FTAs (Free Trade Agreements). The hierarchy and methods for reconciliation found in the public international law and specialized IPR regime are mapped out in the present research paper. The paper explains how