Intellectual Property Risks Prevention And Dispute Setlement Of China’s Enterprises’ Overseas Investment Under The “Belt And Road’’ Initiative

The current world situation is complex and volatile,and a new round of technological and industrial revolution is taking place quietly.Containment,equality,open,cooperation and share are becoming the trend of the times and the common pursuit of countries.The “ Belt and Road ” initiative emerges as the times requires,which aims to deepen and expand communication,conversation and cooperation among different countries and territories,to promote the comprehensive strategic partnership with other countries to a new level and jointly deal with the international investment barriers.At present,there are more than 150 countries and 32 international organizations taking part in this initiative.The international cooperation is getting stronger and closer and the total investment show a good trend of increasing.According to the Ministry of Commerce,countries along the “Belt and Road” have accumulated more than 60 billion dollars of investment from Chinese companies.In these investments,those related to intellectual property rights account for a considerable proportion.Arising from creative activities based on intelligence,intellectual property rights can bring exclusive and high-return rewards,which is the production of privatization of intangible property.Therefore,it can be seen that studying the potential intellectual property risks and corresponding strategies under the “ Belt and Road ” initiative is of great importance for promoting development of international investment,and improving efficiency of outbound investment.This article has four parts.The first part: Analyze the IP environment of domestic and overseas.Countries along “ Belt and Road” route mainly are developing countries,which fall behind on the study and protection of intellectual property system.Due to lacking of adequate understanding and research of China’ s and other countries’ intellectual property rights system during international trade activities,Chinese enterprises are more likely to get into troubles.Hence,by analyzing and summarizing IP environment of both domestic and overseas,we can make timely adjustment and modification when we are confronted with IP issues.The second part: Analyze the factors of IP risks of China’s Enterprises’ Overseas Investment under the “Belt and Road ”Initiative.There are lots of factors can trigger IP risks,including international environmental factors such as politic,culture and domestic environmental factors such as production technology,productivity etc.All of these factors should be considered into investment.The third part:Propose IP risks prevention strategies.The IP risks are not breaking out suddenly,but bury hidden dangers if any mistakes made in the process of investment.Hence,to avoid risks as much as possible and promote international investment,this part will analyze the strategies of risks prevention.The fourth part: Explore diversified IP dispute settlement mechanisms of the“Belt and Road ” Initiative.The occurrence of IP risks are impossible to prevent,and it is far from enough just making preventive strategies.It is extremely important to develop a thorough dispute settlement mechanism after risks happen to reduce lose and safeguard as much as possible.