Bayan taron Uruguay, GATT ya zama tushen kafa Kungiyar Ciniki ta Duniya. Saboda amincewa da TRIPS wata bukata ce ta zama memba na Kungiyar Ciniki ta Duniya, duk wata kasa da ke neman samun damar shiga kasuwannin duniya da yawa da Kungiyar Ciniki ta Duniya ta bude dole ne ta zartar da tsauraran dokokin mallakar ilimi da TRIPS ta ba da izini. A saboda wannan dalili, TRIPS ita ce mafi mahimmancin kayan aiki na duniya don dunkulewar dokokin mallakar ilimi. Jihohi kamar Rasha da China, waɗanda ba su da wataƙila su shiga Yarjejeniyar Berne sun sami damar zama membobin WTO mai jan hankali. Tambaya: Menene dole ne a tabbatar idan wata ƙasa tana son shiga WTO?
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