Management of Intellectual Property Risks in Digital Trade

Abstract

Digital trade, although empowers international transactions, brings new intellectual property risks to traders. Digital platforms are playing the vital role in managing intellectual property risks to avoid or mitigate the traders’ losses to infringements and liabilities. The intellectual property warranty mechanism, based on statute or warranty clause, is also revived as the important means for risk management in digital trade. Traders need to renew and upgrade their strategies and measures of intellectual property risk management to safeguard their interests in new trade environment. digital trade, intellectual property rights, digital platforms, CISG, statutory warranty, warranty clause