State of formation and implementation of state policy on ensuring the protection of intellectual property during weapons and military equipment development

Abstract

Keywords: state policy, national security, intellectual property
 Legislative acts that form the state policy in the field of national security and defense of Ukraine regarding the protection of intellectual property are considered. The state of realization of the defined questions at development of armament and military equipment is investigated. It is determined that the effective implementation of the state national security policy is impossiblewithout a comprehensive analysis of the impact of intellectual property issues on the sphere of national security and defense of Ukraine. The importance of improving the system of intellectual property protection in the development of armaments and military equipment is noted.Ensuring Ukraine’s defense capability largely depends on equipping the Armed Forces of Ukraine with modern types and models of armaments and military equipment that is developed based on intellectual property rights.
 The required level of defense capability of the state is achieved through the formation and implementation of defense and industrial policy, the purpose of which is the development and production of weapons and military equipment and equipping the Armed Forces of Ukraine.It is the military-technical sphere where the objects of intellectual property rights belonging to the sphere of national security and defense are created, and the state is obliged to ensure their protection.Ukraine began to form a state policy on national security and defense from the first days of the independence.The legislation of Ukraine on national security and defense determines the need to use scientific and technical achievements and the introduction of new technologies to increase the state's defense capabilities. However, the provisions on intellectual property issues in all regulations are purely declarative by nature without defining specific tasks to eliminate possible threats and address issues.This is especially true of the use of intellectual property in the field of national security and defense.An important component of the mechanism for formulating state policy in the field of national security and defense should be the organization and comprehensive protection of intellectual property, especially in the development of armaments and military equipment.