The impact of the international treaties on the development of the Ukrainian legislation in the sphere of copyright and related rights

The article examines the features of the international treaties unification in the modern system of the legal protection of copyright and related rights. The author also examines the reasons for the growing interest in the international treaty norms in the world.The specificity of copyright and related rights legislation is that its norms are limited by the territorial scope. This necessitates the legislative regulation of relations related to the cross-border distribution of works and other objects, and thus ensuring uniform the legal protection and the effective enforcement of rights at the international and national levels.The article notes that the international treaties unification is achieved by establishing uniform norms in the legislation of different countries using the norms of the international treaties. The author identifies the advantages of the international contractual unificationand also points out its disadvantages. The article examines trends in international law towards it's the regionalization on the example of EU legislation. The author describes the harmonization of Ukrainian legislation with EU legislation and substantiates it's theimpact on the development of the national legislation.The author makes a legal analysis of the Ukrainian legislation on copyright and related rights and notes the progressive changes which the Law has undergone in recent years, taking into account the norms of the international and European legislation. At the sametime, the further improvement of Ukrainian legislation in the sphere of copyright and related rights continues, including in the direction of systematization, unification, and harmonization of legislation.The article examines the importance and impact of the international, including the regional, unification on the development of the national legislation.The author proves that the unification of international treaties impacts the development of national legislation. This influence is evident in the need to create a unified legal international and regional space, which includes Ukraine. The aim is to establish common approaches to regulating relations in the sphere of copyright and related rights. It is noted that the unified legal regulation of relations allows ensuring the stability and the efficiency of the legislation.