TRIPS an tattauna a lokacin Uruguay Round na General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) a cikin 1984-1994. Shigar da shi shi ne ƙarshen shirin shirin da Amurka ta yi, da goyon bayan Tarayyar Turai, Japan da sauran ƙasashe masu ci gaba. Gangamin ƙarfafa tattalin arziƙin da aka yi a ƙarƙashin Tsarin Tsarin Tsarin Gida da kuma tilastawa a ƙarƙashin Sashe na 301 na Dokar Kasuwanci ya taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen kayar da manufofin siyasa masu gasa waɗanda ƙasashe masu tasowa kamar Brazil suka fi so, amma har da Thailand, Indiya da kuma Caribbean Basin jihohi. A gefe guda, dabarun Amurka na danganta manufofin kasuwanci ga ka'idojin mallakar ilimi za a iya ganowa zuwa ga manyan 'yan kasuwa na gudanarwa a Pfizer a farkon shekarun 1980, waɗanda suka tattara kamfanoni a Amurka da kuma kara yawan haƙƙin mallakar ilimi a matsayin fifiko na farko na manufofin kasuwanci a Amurka.
Amurka, da goyon bayan Tarayyar Turai, Japan da sauran kasashe masu tasowa