The creation of effective regional intellectual property protection systems and the role of integration courts: the case of the Andean Community and the Eurasian Economic Union

The issue of the qualitative uniqueness of individual regional intellectual property protection systems is considered, which is due to differences in the integration processes taking place not only in different regions but also within individual regions. The aim of the study is to identify common features and characteristics of established and emerging regional intellectual property protection systems, taking into account the different roles of integration courts. To achieve the aim of the study, the comparative legal method was applied in identifying the general and specific features of regional intellectual property protection systems, as well as methods of analysis and synthesis regarding the legal foundations of the functioning of regional intellectual property protection systems and their "modernization" through the practice of integration courts. It is argued that the Andean intellectual property protection system has unique features: internal unity and coherence, and coverage of all intellectual property objects in their interrelationship. A general approach to the unification of regional intellectual property systems has been formed, based on the Andean Intellectual Property System as the most effective and demonstrating a high degree of integration. It is concluded that the evolutionary interpretation applied by the Court of the Andean Community is significant, as it takes into account the current level of scientific and technological development and substantially "modernizes" the acts of the Andean Community.