In 1980s, the protection of goods trade promoted the growth of technology trade, and the international protection of intellectual property rights was sublimated. Unlike tangible things, intellectual property rights, as intangible assets, are more vulnerable to infringement. As far as stopping patent infringement is concerned, the international protection of intellectual property rights must go first, otherwise technology will sell one thing and lose another, which will inevitably affect the progress of technology, and then affect innovation and industrial development. In practice, the United States began to strengthen the international protection of intellectual property rights from unilateral acts.
Trips marks that WTO has comprehensively strengthened the international protection of intellectual property rights. Trips is characterized by high standards, which are higher than Paris Convention and Berne Convention. More importantly, it relies on the international dispute settlement mechanism of the WTO. Trips emphasizes the protection of foreigners' intellectual property rights in their own countries, thus creating objective conditions for American intellectual property rights holders to maximize their global interests. Therefore, as a part of the strategy to promote the development of intellectual property rights, Trips shows the position of the rich more.