《亚太版权法典(草案)》评述

Commentary on The Asian Pacific Copyright Code

《亚太版权法典》由英国伦敦大学玛丽皇后学院知识产权研究中心的教授级研究员Adrian Sterling于2015年11月提出。Sterling起草了法典草案,包含定义、受益人条款、权利、限制与例外、保护期限、侵权、救济以及建立亚太版权仲裁庭。对《亚太版权法典(草案)》的检视和评述有助于立法者对法典的解读,通过亚太地区各国在版权法修法时对法典精华的吸收,以推动亚太地区版权法律制度的修订,加快版权领域亚太区域化融合,促进亚太地区版权贸易的发展。

The Draft Asian Pacific Copyright Code is proposed by Adrian Sterling who is the professorial fellow of Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute of University of London. The Draft Code contains definitions, beneficiaries, rights, limitations and exceptions, term of protection, infringement, remedies and establishment of an Asian Pacific Copyright Arbitration Tribunal for settling disputes between right owners in the Asian Pacific Region. The review and commentary on the Draft Asian Pacific Copyright Code may help legislators of Asian Pacific countries to interpret nd absorb the marrow of the Code so as to push forward amendment of copyright systems in the Asian Pacific region, accelerate Asian Pacific regional integration in the copyright regime, and promote development of copyright trade in the Asian Pacific region.