Signs of intellectual property as a value-legal phenomenon

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In the work, the author focused attention on the relevance of studying the properties of intellectual property. It was noted that the relevance of intellectual property research through the prism of its conceptual and categorical dimension is determined by: firstly, the presence of various, sometimes doctrinally opposing theories of intellectual property; secondly, the doctrinal disputability of the characteristic of the functional purpose of the methodological toolkit developed by both legal science and general theoretical methodological research. It has been proven that the basis of defining any concept of legal science, improving its terminological consolidation in the provisions of the legislation of Ukraine are defined properties of the corresponding phenomenon or process, which are generalized and characterized within the limits of the corresponding system of features. Examining intellectual property from the point of view of a value-legal methodological approach, the expediency of revealing the signs of the specified concept, which from the point of view of methodology can be laid as a basis for the further definition of intellectual property as an independent concept of legal science and a term of domestic legislation, has been ascertained.In the content of the article, the author clarified the system and content of signs of intellectual property as a value-legal phenomenon based on the established and analyzed properties of intellectual property. It is noted that the independence of intellectual property in the system of doctrinal concepts and categories is proven by its ability to accumulate and formalize the valuable aspects of intellectual property as such, which by its essence reflects its spiritual value, and by its results, its acquisition of economic and material value.It is summarized that the concept of «intellectual property» is complex and multifaceted, which makes possible its conceptual dimension and corresponding conceptual understanding both within different sciences (economic, sociological, technical, legal, etc.) and within different methodological approaches and methods of scientific knowledge , the result of which is the possibility of providing appropriate definitions of the specified concept. This is confirmed by various definitions of the concept of «intellectual property» presented in encyclopedic literature (legal, economic, technical dictionaries), as well as in literary scientific sources.Therefore, it is summarized that the definition of the concept of «intellectual property» as a special value-legal phenomenon will contribute to the unification of such recognition, as well as strengthen its methodological importance for the development of the conceptual and categorical apparatus of other legal sciences, as well as any other social sciences in general.