The Politicization of Intellectual Property Rights in the Context of Karabakh

• Authors: Adalat Muradov , Nargiz Hajiyeva

Title variants

PL

Upolitycznienie kwestii praw własności intelektualnej w kontekście konfliktu w Karabachu

Abstracts

PL

Do niedawna prawo własności intelektualnej utrzymywane było z dala od sfery politycznej, ponieważ kwestia ta związana była jedynie z czynnikami ekonomicznymi oraz prawnymi. Jednak w świetle ostatnich procesów geopolitycznych i konfliktów o podłożu politycznym zagadnienie własności intelektualnej stało się obiektem zainteresowania nauk politycznych. Obszar Karabachu przez blisko 30 lat pozostawał terenem działań wojennych oraz okupacji. Dlatego też zdaniem autorki analiza problemów związanych z prawem własności intelektualnej na obszarze Karabachu powinna być przeprowadzona w oparciu o instrumentarium nauki o stosunkach międzynarodowych oraz ekonomii politycznej. Artykuł stawia sobie za cel analizę kwestii naruszania praw własności intelektualnej, eksploatacji towarów i usług, a także innych problemów związanych z prawami własności intelektualnej z jakimi zmagał się Azerbejdżan podczas okupacji Karabachu.

EN

Until recently, intellectual property law has been kept away from the political realm, as it was merely linked to economic and legal factors. However, in light of recent geopolitical processes and politically charged conflicts, political science has taken dominance in terms of intellectual property (IP) development and proclivities. In contemporary international politics, it is critical to explain and perceive IP tendencies and systems from the perspectives of political science and political economy, to consider appropriate retorts to processes arising from IPR conflicts in the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan during the occupation. Azerbaijan had been confronted with limitations of its control over its territory due to the nearly three decades of the Karabakh conflict. In this regard, the article will answer questions related to the violation of intellectual property rights, the exploitation of goods and services, as well as the other IPR problems encountered by Azerbaijan during the occupation of Karabakh.

Keywords

EN

Azerbaijan; Armenia; exploitation; Karabakh; intellectual property rights; the politicization of intellectual property

PL

Azerbejdżan; Armenia; eksploatacja; Karabach; prawa własności intelektualnej; upolitycznienie własności intelektualnej

• Publisher: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
• Journal: Przegląd Strategiczny
• Year: 2022
• Issue: 15
• Pages: 433-450

Dates

published

2022

Contributors

author

Adalat Muradov

• Azerbaijan State University of Economics

• https://orcid.org/0000000334606513

author

Nargiz Hajiyeva

• University of St. Gallen

• https://orcid.org/0000000294485613

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Identifiers

DOI

10.14746/ps.2022.1.25

Biblioteka Nauki

30147198