The Main Directions of the Russian Federation State Policy in the Field of Intellectual Property

Abstract

Introduction . The growth of social engagement in innovation activity reflects the global trend for developing cooperation in the field of commercialisation of the Intellectual Activity Results (hereinafter — IAR) and their throughout dissemination. The balanced regulation of the intellectual products protection and dissemination implies the interference from behalf of the state, including establishment of the system of governing bodies managing the national innovation- driven economy. The purpose of this study is to identify the main directions of the state policy ensuring the Russian economy competitiveness and growth of the gross domestic product, national security, technological sovereignty in the areas important for the state and society. Materials and Methods . The object of the study is the Russian Federation state policy in the field of intellectual property. In the research the methods of sociological case-study, analysis, synthesis and modeling, as well as statistical, system- structural, logical, historical methods have been used. Results . The author highlights and characterises five main directions of the Russian Federation state policy in the field of intellectual property. In the article the conclusions are made about the mission of the state to stimulate social engagement by removing the excessive legislative barriers and simplifying the administrative procedures for IAR registration and licensing, by opening access to the intellectual products that are not in commercial demand or do not have a copyright holder, by creating the national information and communication platform of digital content. Only the state, being the main source of law in the 21st century, can provide the balanced approach to the harmonious coexistence and interaction of the material and digital economic environment. Discussion and Conclusions . Any disbalance in favour of either public interest in open access knowledge and information or prioritised protection of the creative subjects aggravates the conflict of interests, creates the condition of the legislative system uncertainty and obstructs the formation of beneficial conditions for reproduction of culture and technological progress. At the same time, the creative subjects are defined as subjects creating the new knowledge and technologies that represent the public interest to the intellectual property turnover as the most commercially valuable information. As follows from the above, the principle of reasonable balance between the legitimate interests and fair use of IAR by copyright holders, users and consumers, expressed in the adequate legal form, should be recognised as the fundamental principle of the state policy in the field of intellectual property.