DOI : 10.14746/ps.2022.1.25 Przegląd Strategiczny 2022, Issue 15 Adalat MURADOV Azerbaijan State University of Economics (UNEC), Baku, Azerbaijan https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3460-6513 Nargiz HAJIYEVA University of St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9448-5613 THE POLITICIZATION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS IN THE CONTEXT OF KARABAKH INTRODUCTION The role of intellectual property rights is of high relevance due to its interconnec- tion with political and economic matters amongst the nation-states. IP protection is not only being more discoursed but is always at stake. Therefore, the countries mainly elaborate on the decisive measures and policies concerning the protection and justifi- cation of IP within and beyond the country. The main objective of the scientific article is to investigate how intellectual property rights have been politicized in the context of the Karabakh conflict for 30 years of Armenian occupation. Based on the importance of the selected article, it should be noted that today the topic has not been deeply re- searched due to the lack of monographs, other additional information and sources. As for the innovative features of the research, the topic chosen for analysis will mainly analyze politicized aspects or politicization of IPR and both economic and political trends related to the proper regulation and implementation of IPR during the occupa- tion of Karabakh region of Azerbaijan. To consider appropriate retorts to processes arising from IPR conflicts in the Karabakh region during the occupation, it is essential in contemporary international politics to explain and perceive IP tendencies and sys- tems from the perspectives of political science. In the present times, the enforcement and transparent implementation of IPR has taken the core stage of the policy agenda of Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan has sought to improve its regulatory system over the past few years, but the lack of transparency procedures has continued in several areas. The article also touches on the examples of an infringement of intellectual property in the occupied territories and its support within the framework of international legal norms and conventions. The issue raised in the article has not been the subject of discussion for a long time due to the lack of literature. Although Azerbaijan has made substantial progress in the regulation and justification of IPR, undertaken clear-cut measures, been a member of some international conventions related to IPR protection, and adopted some national policies as well as action plans concerning the enforcement of IPR upon