Development of Civil Law Regulation of Investment Activities in the Creation of Certain Types of Copyright Objects

Abstract

Relevance. The article analyzes the problems of development of investment activity in the sphere of creation and use of certain types of works, notes possible ways of development of civil law regulation of such activity. The conclusions about the necessity to recognize investment agreements mediating investment activity in accordance with the principle of "rights in exchange for investment" as a special type of civil law agreement that needs special legislative regulation, including the establishment of the possibility of allocation of investors' shares in the exclusive right to the created results of intellectual activity and the establishment in the agreement of the peculiarities of disposition of rights to works and other objects of intellectual rights are substantiated.The purpose of the research is to develop theoretical provisions aimed at creating a holistic scientific understanding of the possibilities of further development of the legal regulation of relations related to the implementation of investment activities in the creation and use of works and other objects of intellectual rights.Objectives: to identify the peculiarities of investor participation in relations related to the creation and use of intellectual activity results; to develop proposals for the development of contractual registration of investment activity in the sphere of creation and use of intellectual activity results; to identify the peculiarities of disposition of exclusive rights to the intellectual activity results created with the involvement of investments; to identify possible directions for further development of legal regulation.Methodology. The author used dialectical-materialistic method, methods of analysis and synthesis, formal-legal method.The results of the research have theoretical and applied nature and are aimed at improving the quality of legal regulation of legal relations related to the creation and use of the results of intellectual activity.Conclusions. The conclusions are of a discussion nature, aimed at improving the legal regulation of investment activities related to the creation and use of the results of intellectual activity. The article is a continuation of the author's research on the topic under consideration.