It is worth pointing out that the United States has adopted obvious domestic protectionism in the intellectual property system at the historical stage when its technological and cultural innovation ability is lower than that of developed countries in Europe. For example, the early patent system in the United States refused to provide foreign applicants with the same treatment as domestic applicants and refused to participate in international intellectual property treaties initiated by European countries for a long time. It was not until 1988 that it joined the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works.
After the middle of this century, with the United States gradually becoming the world's first power, its domestic intellectual property system has also been continuously improved. On the one hand, the United States pays attention to providing effective intellectual property protection for rights holders, such as vigorously promoting the formation and growth of its copyright industry and extending the scope of patent protection to microorganisms and business methods related to computer programs. And stipulates that universities and scientific research institutions can enjoy and independently dispose of invention patents invested by the state. On the other hand, it also pays attention to the reasonable balance between the interests of intellectual property rights holders and public interests. The United States is the first country in the world to establish an anti-monopoly system to regulate the abuse of intellectual property rights. Through a series of important judgments of the Supreme Court 10, the scope of protection of patent right is no longer given too broad interpretation, so as to avoid the danger that others may "touch the thunder" at any time when using advanced technology.
Since the 1980s, the United States has been actively participating in and promoting the formulation and adjustment of international rules on intellectual property rights from the perspective of safeguarding its own interests. In bilateral exchanges, the United States has also continuously promoted its own "intellectual property values" and signed bilateral agreements with relevant countries, making the other side more strict and harsh in intellectual property protection than the Agreement on Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights of the World Trade Organization. For example, the new round of revision of Australia's intellectual property law, which began in 2005, was carried out in accordance with the requirements of the Australia-US Free Trade Agreement of June 5438 +2005 10. The United States frequently uses the "Special Clause 30 1" of the Comprehensive Trade Law and the "Clause 337" of the Tariff Law to threaten and sanction countries and enterprises that it believes have infringed on American intellectual property rights. The United States is the country that has the greatest influence on the formation and development of international rules on intellectual property rights.