Державна система охорони інтелектуальної власності в Україні: тенденції розвитку в сучасних умовах

Abstract

Today, the protection of intellectual property rights and legitimate interests of citizens is guaranteed by Article 55 of the Constitution of Ukraine, which provides and guarantees to everyone who uses all national forms of legal protection, protection of rights and freedoms in court. According to the second part of Art. 124 of the Basic Law, the jurisdiction of the courts extends to any legal dispute and all legal relations arising in the state. In addition to the constitutional right to administrative and judicial protection of intellectual property, the rules of special legislation in the field of intellectual property also determine other types of protection. In particular, part of the first article. 52 of the Law of Ukraine «On Copyright and Related Rights», to protect their copyrights and (or) related rights, entities have the right in accordance with the established procedure to apply to the court and other authorities in accordance with their competence. It is emphasized that the specifics of the protection of intellectual property is that there may be different ways to protect the violated subjective right to choose the person whose rights are violated. Today, the state system of intellectual property protection in Ukraine has an extensive system of state bodies involved in ensuring the protection of intellectual property. Based on the analysis of normative legal acts and scientific opinions, the article analyzes the activities of public administration entities in the field of intellectual property protection (Ministry for Development of Economy, Trade and Agriculture, National Intellectual Property Authority, Ukrainian Institute of Intellectual Property, Department of Intellectual Property). It is noted that in connection with the reorganization of the state system of intellectual property protection, instead of a three-tier structure, a two-tier structure is proposed. It is established that the current standing of the state system of intellectual property protection does not fully comply with international standards and principles in the field of intellectual property. It is proved that the presented state system of intellectual property protection contains significant shortcomings, the ways of improvement its activities are proposed. Keywords: state system, structure, protection, intellectual property, functions, improvement