Abstract: The article is devoted to the historical and economical prerequisites for the formation of the international treaty in the sphere of legal protection of intellectual property and copyright under the WTO: the TRIPS, which was accepted after the Uruguay round of negotiations, which lasted for 7 years. The article includes analysis of the structure of the TRIPS, its principles, documents, their key provisions, some exceptions to its application, as provided for in the treaty itself. The author provides analysis of the key legal mechanisms, rights and terms of protection for each types of copyright and intellectual property law. The article includes general conclusions on legal protection of inventions under the TRIPS. If the Russian Federation enters the WTO the first consequence of sighing the TRIPS treaty shall be the larger quantity of states, with which the Russian Federation shall have mutual obligations in the sphere of copyright.

Keywords: international law, TRIPS, WTO, trade, patent, protection, copyright, intellectual property, invention, Uruguay.