To What Extent Do Intellectual Property Rights Drive the Nature of Private International Law in the Era of Globalism?

The purpose of this article is to dissect the nature of intellectual property rights in the context of private international law. In other words, the primary focus is how private international law, i.e., conflict of laws, from the perspective of jurisdiction, applicable law, and enforcement rules have been developed and applied to intellectual property rights. As such, the principal question that this article examine is to understand the extent and impact intellectual property rights, when examined from the lens of private international law (conflict of laws), have on the wider process of private law in global governance.