1991 Reports

Post-Soviet Law: The Case of Intellectual Property Law

Maggs, Peter B.

What system of law will emerge from the dissolution of the strongly-centralized Soviet system? This paper uses traditional legal analysis to predict the structure of post-Soviet intellectual property law. The analysis provides answers that are detailed and concrete. The answers are also reassuring in that they suggest that a healthy system of intellectual property law can emerge reincarnated from the remains of the Soviet system. Similar analysis applied to other areas of the law could provide further insights into the future of the post-Soviet legal system.