Organizational Structures of Intellectual Property Management in the Commonwealth of Independent States as a Factor in Creating a Free Innovation Market

Abstract

The article is devoted to the issues of creating a barrier-free environment for free circulation in the intellectual property market of the post-Soviet countries, which today is in a depressing state. One of the factors of its successful functioning is the unification of the regulatory framework, the creation of a single market principle, and the coordination of the work of patent offices. The purpose of the study is to establish the specifics of the work of the patent offices of the Commonwealth of Independent States to ensure adequate mutual protection of intellectual property, including with countries that are not part of the Eurasian Economic Union, but with which the economic and cultural relationships that have been established for decades are maintained. The analysis of organizational management structures in the field of intellectual property in the CIS countries has shown that along with the general principles of their work, there are numerous features of their activities. The main research method was structural-logical and comparative analysis. Common features are identified, positive experience is generalized, typical shortcomings of both organizational structures as a whole and individual structural units are noted. The place of patent offices in the general system of public administration is determined. The specifics of performing functions, the composition of which differs significantly in different countries, are disclosed. The features of interaction with patent offices are determined. Recommendations for improving the structures and the standard structure of the patent office are proposed.