Intellectual property protection has become a strategic high ground in the international economic order and a focal point of intense competition among countries. Specifically, it is characterized by the following distinct features: firstly, with the rapid development of science and technology, the traditional intellectual property system is facing challenges, and the scope of intellectual property protection is constantly expanding. In the field of patents, the United States has provided patent protection for inventions such as computer-readable carriers containing computer programs, genetic engineering, and business models on the internet.

The technological innovation space of developing countries has been greatly constrained. How to scientifically and reasonably determine the scope of patent protection has become an urgent and significant research topic. In a report released by the World Bank at the end of 1998, it was pointed out that "the increasingly strengthened international intellectual property protection legislation faces the danger of widening the intellectual property gap between developed and developing countries." Secondly, some developed countries have been vigorously promoting the internationalization of patent examination in recent years, proposing to break the geographical limitations of patent examination and establish a "world patent", where a few countries are responsible for patent examination and grant patent rights, and other countries recognize their examination results.

The so-called "world patent" is essentially the patent examination work of countries around the world, conducted by patent offices in a few developed countries and regions such as the United States, Japan, and Europe. Thirdly, intellectual property rights have been incorporated into the jurisdiction of the World Trade Organization. Intellectual property rights, goods trade, and service trade are equally emphasized, becoming the three pillars of the World Trade Organization, and introducing the rules and dispute resolution mechanisms of goods trade into the field of intellectual property rights.

According to the regulations of the World Trade Organization, any member of the organization will face cross retaliation from the trade side due to inadequate protection of intellectual property rights. Intellectual property has become a frontier in international trade, and with the gradual reduction and cancellation of tariffs, the status and importance of intellectual property protection in international trade will become more prominent. Fourthly, developed countries represented by the United States and Japan have adjusted and formulated their intellectual property strategies for the new century, and incorporated them into the overall strategy of national economic and technological development.