Factors for Building an Intellectual Property Culture

Abstract

In modern conditions of innovative processes development, the creative personality, as well as the appeal to human capital, comes to the fore. The ideas, technologies and developments generated by human creative work, as well as the transaction (considered in the article as a method of social retraining) of intellectual property, become the realities of modern society. In this regard, the term “intellectual property culture” is of great importance, which is studied both by followers of this phenomenon and by specialists working in the field of intellectual property. A number of authors note that there is no understanding of intellectual property among people, its culture has not been formed.This research is relevant because it can contribute to achieving the goals of scientific and technological development, innovative transformation of society, activates a creative personality to produce new results of intellectual activity. The article gives its own definition of intellectual property culture. A significant role in its formation can be played by libraries, which are transformed and acquire new functions of educational and social-communication interaction.The activities of the All-Russian Patent and Technical Library of the Federal Institute of Industrial Property to popularize the field of intellectual property through the “soft power” factor are aimed at working with various target audiences. For adults, they hold thematic meetings on diverse intellectual property issues. In addition, they pay great attention to working with patent information to improve the effectiveness of research in scientific and technical fields. The patent information is a reflection of the results of scientific and design work and makes it possible to evaluate the idea of an invention and determine the starting point of the search for new solutions.As a conclusion, the article presents direct, indirect and prospective factors of the influence of library activities on the formation of intellectual property culture.