Аннотации:
The article deals with the international treaties of universal and regional nature in the field of authors' rights protection, which is a party to the Russian Federation. We have shown the system of contracts and their role in ensuring the protection of intellectual property rights on an international level, as well as its importance in respect of the aspect of authors' rights protection complicated by a foreign element, and harmonization of national legislation. It is concluded that the Russian Federation is a full member of the international authors' rights protection system that is the basis for the effective protection of the rights of foreign authors in Russia and Russian authors abroad, respectively.