It’s impossible to analyze even “domestic” IP without international law
Austin 17, Chair in Private Law, Victoria University of Wellington; Professor of Law, Melbourne University. (Graeme W., Summer 2017, ARTICLE: Authors' Human Rights and Copyright Policy, 40 Colum. J.L. & Arts 405, 405. Lexis accessed online via KU libraries)
Few would likely disagree with the observation made by Graeme Dinwoodie in this journal some seventeen years ago that "it is increasingly impossible to analyze intellectual property law and policy without reference to international lawmaking." 1 International instruments influence the shape of domestic intellectual property law, and, in turn, have become vehicles for exporting domestic norms. 2 And international law can, and should, 3 inform the interpretation of domestic statutes, including those in the area of intellectual property. 4