This article introduces a new dataset on the intellectual property (IP) provisions included in preferential trade agreements (PTAs) and makes it available for research and policy communities alike. Several PTAs include IP commitments that go well beyond the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs). A sound knowledge of these TRIPs-plus commitments is essential in order to improve our understanding of what drives them and of their legal, social, and economic consequences. Yet, until now, these provisions have not been mapped in a comprehensive and systematic way. The T + PTA dataset fills this gap by documenting the existence of 90 types of IP provisions in 126 agreements signed between 1991 and 2016. We show that, even for like-minded countries, significant variations exist in their reliance on TRIPs-plus provisions, their degree of consistency across PTAs, and their preferences for some IP rights. We also find that strong TRIPs-Plus provisions are correlated with the depth of PTAs, the asymmetry between trade partners, and the strength of their domestic IP law. By making the T + PTA dataset available, we hope to create the opportunity for a new generation of research on TRIPs-plus agreements.

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绘制国际知识产权法的新前沿：引入 TRIPs-plus 数据集

本文介绍了一个关于优惠贸易协定 (PTA) 中包含的知识产权 (IP) 条款的新数据集，并可供研究和政策团体使用。一些 PTA 包括远远超出《与贸易有关的知识产权协议》(TRIPs) 的知识产权承诺。充分了解这些 TRIPs-plus 承诺对于提高我们对推动它们的驱动力及其法律、社会和经济后果的理解至关重要。然而，到目前为止，这些规定还没有得到全面系统的映射。T + PTA 数据集通过记录 1991 年至 2016 年间签署的 126 份协议中存在的 90 种知识产权条款来填补这一空白。我们表明，即使对于志同道合的国家，它们在对 TRIPs-plus 条款的依赖、它们在 PTA 之间的一致性程度以及它们对某些知识产权的偏好方面存在显着差异。我们还发现，强有力的 TRIPs-Plus 条款与 PTA 的深度、贸易伙伴之间的不对称性以及其国内知识产权法的强度相关。通过提供 T + PTA 数据集，我们希望为新一代的 TRIPs-plus 协议研究创造机会。