Management Of Intellectual Property Rights Research Articles

Practical Reforms in the Field of Copyright Protection in the Republic Of Uzbekistan and Their Promising Results

This article examines the ongoing efforts to enhance legal literacy, awareness, and the protection of intellectual property rights in Uzbekistan, focusing on the “Strategy for the Development of Intellectual Property in the Republic of Uzbekistan for 2022-2026.” It highlights the significant legal reforms undertaken since the 2017-2021 development strategy, including the adoption of over a thousand laws aimed at fostering transparency, civil society engagement, and human rights protection. However, several challenges persist in the legal protection of intellectual property, such as inadequate public knowledge, weak integration of intellectual property in production processes, and insufficient coordination among relevant state bodies. The research explores how collective management of intellectual property rights, inspired by international models, can address these challenges. It also delves into the institutional reforms needed to ensure efficient legal protection, prevent counterfeit products, and promote the use of intellectual activity results in the economic and social sectors. The article concludes with recommendations for improving Uzbekistan’s intellectual property framework, increasing public engagement, and positioning intellectual property as a key driver of the country's socio-economic development.

A blockchain-based solution for transparent intellectual property rights management: smart contracts as enablers

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to address the limitations of traditional methods for managing intellectual property rights (IPRs) by proposing a blockchain-based solution. By leveraging blockchain technology and smart contracts, the aim is to create a comprehensive ecosystem that offers advantages such as reduced transaction costs, improved transparency, enhanced security and increased liquidity levels for IP assets.Design/methodology/approachThis paper proposes using blockchain technology to manage intellectual property rights (IPRs) through a smart contract-based ecosystem. It outlines the use of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on the blockchain to represent IPRs, with smart contracts automating interactions and encoding rules for various processes such as applications, licensing, transfers and royalty distribution. Governance mechanisms, such as decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs), are employed to allow stakeholders to propose and vote on contract changes, ensuring adaptability. This approach aims to streamline IPR workflows, reduce transaction costs, improve transparency and enhance security.FindingsThe findings of this study suggest that implementing a blockchain-based ecosystem for managing intellectual property rights (IPRs) can lead to various benefits. These include reduced transaction costs, improved transparency, enhanced security, increased liquidity levels for IP assets and streamlined automated processes. The use of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on the blockchain allows for detailed management, valuation and trading of IPRs. Furthermore, simulation results demonstrate the robustness and efficiency of our proposed ecosystem, outperforming traditional IP management systems in terms of transaction speed and cost-effectiveness. These simulations highlight the practical viability of integrating blockchain technology into IP management workflows.Practical implicationsThe practical implications of adopting this blockchain-based ecosystem for managing intellectual property rights (IPRs) are significant. By streamlining processes, reducing transaction costs and improving transparency and security, organizations can expedite the protection and commercialization of their IP assets. Additionally, the increased liquidity levels and accessibility of IP assets to investors and financiers can spur innovation and economic growth.Originality/valueThis paper contributes to the field by proposing a novel approach to managing intellectual property rights (IPRs) using blockchain technology and smart contracts. By leveraging non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on the blockchain, the proposed ecosystem offers a more efficient and transparent way of managing IPRs, reducing reliance on costly and opaque traditional methods. The potential benefits include improved efficiency, transparency, security and collaboration in the management and commercialization of IPRs.

Digital transformation, blockchain, and the music industry: A review from the perspective of performers’ collective management organizations

This study examines the challenges related to the music industry's digital transformation and potential role of blockchain from the perspective of collective management organizations (CMOs). Building on desk research and primary data from semi-structured surveys conducted with C-level executives and managers, this empirical analysis identifies major projects, their state of development, and prospects for digital transformation based on blockchain in the music industry. The findings reveal that there are a limited number of blockchain projects led by and/or with the relevant participation of CMOs. However, most are just research projects, proofs of concept, or pilots, showing that blockchain is currently in an experimental phase of development on the periphery of the music industry's digital transformation. This is not very different from analysts' understanding of the current situation and perspectives on the mass adoption of blockchain in other industries. In summary, blockchain is neither at the core of the music industry's digital transformation nor a priority for CMOs leading this process from the perspective of intellectual property rights management. The limited quality of music metadata, sparsity of sound data sources, and absence of a common data governance framework among different stakeholders within the industry are the main impediments to transforming blockchain into a global solution with transformative potential. Overall, the results provide a snapshot of the current status and possible future trajectories of blockchain adoption as a paradigm for intellectual property rights exchange within the music industry.

Strategic Management of Intellectual Property Rights for Sustainable Competitive Advantage: A Study of Indian Chemical Industry

Strategic Management of Intellectual Property Rights for Sustainable Competitive Advantage: A Study of Indian Chemical Industry

ОСОБЛИВОСТІ ВИКОРИСТАННЯ ТЕХНОЛОГІЇ БЛОКЧЕЙН У СФЕРІ УПРАВЛІННЯ ІНТЕЛЕКТУАЛЬНОЮ ВЛАСНІСТЮ

The article discusses the current view on the use of blockchain technology in the field of intellectual property management. Today, blockchain is actively used in various business areas, mainly to improve business processes and reduce costs. The main advantages of blockchain are related to the elimination of intermediaries, data reliability, trust and transparency. Storing transaction information without the need for third-party involvement allows transactions to be completed faster and at lower costs. In today's intellectual property system, licensing, identification of the right holder, investigation of intellectual property rights infringements, and other actions related to the management of intellectual property rights are mostly performed by third parties. Blockchain eliminates the need for such intermediaries, which reduces the cost of managing intellectual property rights. In addition to all of the above, there are a number of potential problems associated with the technical specifics of the blockchain: immutability of the entered data; blockchain is the subject of controversy due to high energy consumption associated with "mining"; most of the existing publicly available consensus mechanisms in blockchain systems rely on the presence of cryptocurrency in the system, which makes it difficult to develop applications not related to the concept of cryptocurrency; the lack of cryptocurrency-independent consensus mechanisms for public blockchains makes it difficult to separate them from "digital coins". There are also problems with using blockchain that are not specific to the intellectual property sector: the speed of processing blockchain transactions is significantly slower than traditional transaction platforms such as VISA or PayPal); lack of proper regulatory support in the blockchain sector; lack of planning for legal requirements on early blockchain platforms.

Strategic management of intellectual property for technology as an object of civil law relations

Strategic management of intellectual property for technology as an object of civil law relations

Legal Challenges in Managing Intellectual Property Rights in Business Information Systems

With the advancement of information technology, business information systems have become integral elements in business operations across various sectors. However, the use of this technology also brings new challenges in managing intellectual property rights, including the protection of copyrights, patents, trademarks, and others. This research aims to analyze the legal challenges in managing intellectual property rights in business information systems through the perspective of Law No. 11 of 2008 concerning Electronic Information and Transactions in Indonesia. The method used in this research is a qualitative literature review, drawing data from Google Scholar for the period from 2009 to 2024. The qualitative approach in the literature review allows researchers to understand the complex and diverse phenomena related to the research topic. The results of the study indicate that the management of intellectual property rights (IPR) in business information systems in Indonesia faces complex legal challenges. Although Law Number 11 of 2008 concerning Electronic Information and Transactions (ITE Law) provides a framework, its implementation often leads to uncertainty and challenges in IPR protection. One of the main challenges is the clarity and legal certainty in the digital environment, as well as consistent law enforcement against IPR violations. Thus, there is a need to enhance cooperation between the government, law enforcement agencies, and the private sector to improve law enforcement related to IPR in business information systems.

Parallel BFS through pennant data structure with reducer hyper‐object based data hiding for 3D mesh images

AbstractData hiding refers to the technique employed to conceal sensitive data within various forms of multimedia, such as video, audio, text, 2D images, 3D images, and more, while also being able to successfully extract said information from the multimedia file. Although numerous data hiding techniques exist for 2D images, research on data hiding in 3D images is still in its early stages. Current 3D image steganography methods suffer from limitations in terms of embedding capacity and time complexity. To overcome these difficulties, we propose a novel 3D image steganographic technique using Parallel Breadth First Search (PBFS) with hyper‐object. Our approach utilizes the PBFS searching strategy, along with layer synchronization, to embed private information within the vertices of the 3D mesh images. To maximize the effectiveness of the process and minimize time, cost, complexity, and execution, we involved the data structure “bag” to parallelize the BFS. The implementation of bags is based on the pennant data structure. This methodology obtained an impressive Embedding Capacity (EC) of 9.00 bits per vertex (bpv) while maintaining superior visual quality and time complexity. Consequently, the proposed methodology holds great potential for widespread utilization across numerous sectors, including private and government organizations such as intelligence agencies, intellectual property rights management, cloud data security, defense, covert communication, medical imagery, and more.

THE TRADEMARK RENEWAL PROCESS RELATES TO THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS OF THE BRAND HOLDER BASED ON LEGAL CERTAINTY

In this age of digitalization, the significance of Intellectual Property cannot be ignored. In experiencing the changing era, the Intellectual Property protection system also needs to adjust well, along with the changes, growth, challenges, and opportunities that exist. The growth of the era cannot be ignored, and in the context of the current growth of Intellectual Property, the protection system must also explore so as not to lag behind and protect the rights of individuals efficiently. With this growth, the process of acquisition and ownership of Intellectual Property as a form of protection of intellectual property, absolutely must be supported, facilitated and facilitated by all parties. With such support, facilitation, and ease, this will not only increase the number and quality of Intellectual Property ownership, but more importantly, it will reflect progress in the field of science and technology at the national level. Not only that, it is also a sign of economic progress and the welfare of citizens. The most important is the trademark which is one of and cannot be separated by aspects of Intellectual Property, along with the Exclusive Rights of the Trademark Holder. Because all of these contexts concern the principle of legal certainty. In the context of the disappearance of national borders due to globalization, with the presence of freedom of entry of objects and services. The management of intellectual property rights is very meaningful for the nation's materials because it can share legal protection for intellectual property owned by creators, inventors, designers, and creators related to their creations or intellectual works.

The European Union takes its first steps in regulating the relationship between Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property

The “Fourth Industrial Revolution” has meant a ma-jor boost for Artificial Intelligence. Among its multiple implications from a legal perspective, its impact on the management and protection of intellectual property ri-ghts stands out. Faced with this reality, the European Union (EU) has adopted an active stance in mana-ging these relationships. This paper stems from this complicated reality, to address the different initiatives originated in the EU in this field. Not only to expose the underlying objectives and achievements, but also to present the lines that guide their work and future prospects.

Intellectual Property Rights in the Use of Blockchain Technology From A Contemporary Islamic Legal Perspective

This study investigates the potential of blockchain technology in safeguarding and managing Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in Indonesia, focusing on copyrights and industrial property rights. It employs a qualitative descriptive methodology, using secondary data from relevant legislation and literature. Data analysis follows the Miles and Huberman technique. The results demonstrate that blockchain technology offers substantial promise in enhancing the protection and administration of IPR. It can validate copyright ownership, record copyright-related transactions, and enhance security and transparency in copyright management. Moreover, it can be relevant in safeguarding trademarks and patents, efficiently tracking ownership and usage, and preventing infringement. The study implies that the implementation of blockchain technology in IPR management in Indonesia requires more detailed regulations and collaboration among stakeholders. It also highlights the need to consider contemporary Islamic Law perspectives to ensure optimal protection for creative and intellectual rights in the digital age.

Intellectual property management for SMEs

As a fundamental element of the knowledge economy, intellectual property is widely used in the modern management of companies. Awareness of the fact that, as a carrier of knowledge intellectual property can become a competitive advantage, requires enterprises to synchronize their management strategy with their intellectual property management strategy. This is difficult for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that are just entering the competitive market. Realizing the role of intellectual property as a strategic asset, the opportunity for SMEs to generate maximum economic benefits from the management of intellectual property rights increases, which becomes a means of development and a means of creating value. The present study is aimed at revealing strategies for choosing a regime for the protection of intellectual property of SMEs. In this regard, the concept of intellectual property management is clarified, the stages of intellectual property management are presented and the need to develop an intellectual property management strategy is justified, as well as the implementation of this strategy in the overall management and development strategy of the company. The prerequisites for developing a strategy for choosing a mechanism for the protection of the objects of intellectual property owned by SMEs are outlined. In conclusion, the difficulties faced by small and medium-sized enterprises related to the intellectual property system are outlined.

INTELLEKTUAL MULK HUQUQINI BOSHQARISH VA TEXNOLOGIYALAR TRANSFERINI DAVLAT TOMONIDAN QO‘LLAB-QUVVATLASHNING TASHKILIY-HUQUQIY MASALALARI

This article discusses the role and importance of state support in the management of intellectual property rights and technology transfer. The issues of domestic and foreign experience of state programs in this direction are discussed. In particular, the organizational and legal framework of IT technology transfer in Uzbekistan, as an example of India and the Republic of Belarus, was analyzed. The aspect of state participation in intellectual property management from the perspective of not only public but also private law is touched upon. This is demonstrated by the experience of the European Union. At the same time, the issues of improving contractual and legal mechanisms for regulation of technology transfer in IT parks and the expected results were discussed. Comparative legal analysis, methods of logical interpretation, and systematization were chosen as the main methods in this study. Also in the study, the expression of norms of technology transfer is analyzed, and ideas for further improvement of the existing situation in comparison with the legislation of foreign countries are put forward.

Fan Art and Intellectual Property Rights on Electronic Commerce Platforms

Problem setting. With the rise of e-commerce in the Digital Age, businesses that focus on making and selling fan merchandise are now widely distributing their products online. Given the issue of distribution, use and management of intellectual property rights in the given context, the problem requires appropriate research. Analysis of recent researches and publications. In the previous studies, broad questions are discussed, but the details and practical implementation of the theory remain outside the attention of scientists. Is it enough to talk about copyright and sometimes about trademarks when it comes to infringement of intellectual property rights by creators of fan art products? What infrastructure do e-commerce platforms offer for fair use of popular works? These questions are relevant, but the answers to them have not yet been sufficiently disclosed in the scientific literature. Purpose of the research is to determine the components of the infrastructure of e-commerce platforms, which ensures the legitimate use of intellectual property of the creators of popular products. Article’s main body. The infrastructure offered by well-known marketplaces has been analyzed. Platforms such as eBay, Etsy, Amazon, Redbubble and Teepublic were selected for the analysis. Infrastructure components such as intellectual property policy, involvement of the right holder and fan art creator, a list of companies open to cooperation, opportunities for communication with the right holder, availability of standard license agreements, the possibility of concluding license agreements through the platform, an accessible portfolio of intellectual property, and the possibility of carrying licenses to other platforms are defined. It has been established that greater specialization in fan art leads to greater efforts to create an infrastructure for the fair use of intellectual property of creators of popular products. At the same time, in the author’s opinion, such platforms could, first of all, make it possible to use licensing agreements beyond the platform and expand the involvement of fan art creators in two-way interaction with the rights holders. Conclusions and prospects for development. The obtained results confirm the relevance, established by previous studies, of studying and improving legal relations between large companies and creators of fan art. The presented study also extends the previous ones in the context of the use of different types of intellectual property in the relevant commercial activity. A significant scientific contribution is the examination of the problem in the context of electronic commerce – this approach allowed opposing the supporters of the opinion that the owners of popular products tend to allow the use of derivatives of such products for the purposes of even greater popularization. This opinion in previous studies has probably been mostly about non-commercial use, but the line between non-commercial and commercial use of fan art is extremely thin. Therefore, precisely in view of the nature of e-commerce, which determines the commercial use of products, the issue of creating an effective infrastructure of e-commerce platforms that ensure the legitimate use of intellectual property of the creators of popular products was revealed in this study.

Digital assets rights management through smart legal contracts and smart contracts

Intellectual property rights (IPR) management needs to evolve in a digital world where not only companies but also many independent content creators contribute to our culture with their art, music, and videos. In this respect, blockchain has recently emerged as a promising infrastructure, providing a trustworthy and immutable environment through the use of smart contracts, which may enable more agile management of digital rights and streamline royalty payments. However, no widespread consensus has been reached on the ability of this technology to adequately manage and transfer IPR. This paper presents an innovative approach to digital rights management developed within the scope of an international research endeavour co-financed by the European Commission named MediaVerse. The approach proposes the combined usage of smart legal contracts and blockchain smart contracts to take care of the legally binding contractual aspects of IPR and, at the same time, the need for notarization, rights transfer, and royalty payments. The work being conducted represents a contribution to advancing the current literature on IPR management that may lead to an improved and fairer monetization process for content creators as a means of individual empowerment.

The Role of Entrepreneurs, Management and Intellectual Property Rights in Improving Micro Business Competitiveness in Rancatungku Village

ABSTRACT Purpose - The purpose of Community Service (PKM) is for a workshop on the role of entrepreneurship, management and registration of Intellectual Property Rights (HKI) in increasing the competitiveness of micro-enterprises in Rancatungku village. Methods - The workshop method begins with a preliminary survey, observations of business houses, interviews with micro-enterprises, licensing arrangements, and preparation of presenters. Result and discussions - The workshop was held in the Rancatungku village hall on February 27, 2022, which was attended by Micro Business actors, especially those engaged in the culinary field such as pastries and sponge cakes. The workshop program is divided into three, namely enlightenment on the importance of entrepreneurship for micro-enterprises; introduction of management aspects from production, packaging, transformation technology in marketing culinary products, external capital and recognition of production ownership. Conclusions - The result of PkM activities is their high interest in being given training on packaging, branding and marketing in subsequent PkM activities so that they can penetrate supermarkets and have high purchasing power across countries. Keywords: entrepreneurship, management, intellectual property rights

The Role of Entrepreneurs, Management and Intellectual Property Rights in Improving Micro Business Competitiveness in Rancatungku Village

ABSTRACT
 Purpose - The purpose of Community Service (PKM) is for a workshop on the role of entrepreneurship, management and registration of Intellectual Property Rights (HKI) in increasing the competitiveness of micro-enterprises in Rancatungku village. 
 Methods - The workshop method begins with a preliminary survey, observations of business houses, interviews with micro-enterprises, licensing arrangements, and preparation of presenters. 
 Result and discussions - The workshop was held in the Rancatungku village hall on February 27, 2022, which was attended by Micro Business actors, especially those engaged in the culinary field such as pastries and sponge cakes. The workshop program is divided into three, namely enlightenment on the importance of entrepreneurship for micro-enterprises; introduction of management aspects from production, packaging, transformation technology in marketing culinary products, external capital and recognition of production ownership. 
 Conclusions - The result of PkM activities is their high interest in being given training on packaging, branding and marketing in subsequent PkM activities so that they can penetrate supermarkets and have high purchasing power across countries.
 Keywords: entrepreneurship, management, intellectual property rights

Современные тенденции развития экономики Республики Крым

Based on the analysis of the dynamics of the gross regional product (GRP) production, the GRP structure and the GRP volume index of the Republic of Crimea, positive and negative aspects of the development of the region's economy have been identified. The tendency of the region's transition to the post-industrial stage of development has been established; a decrease in the share of the raw materials sector and energy in the total volume of investments in fixed assets – industries of previous technological structures, and an increase in the share of funds invested in modern branches of the "new economy", which provide recreational and tourist specialization of the Crimea: activities of hotels and catering enterprises; activities in the field of health and social services.
 The mapping of economic sectors (types of economic activity) of the Republic of Crimea on the basis of signs of competitiveness and technological effectiveness, dynamics of investments and profits, growth of labor productivity and nominal accrued wages of employees allowed us to substantiate the main trends in the development of the economy of the Republic of Crimea and to identify the growth sectors of the regional economy: construction; real estate operations; wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles, as well as types of economic activities representing creative industries of the economy based on the production of goods and services through creative activity and management of intellectual property rights. As trends in need of refraction there are highlighted a decrease in the share of the economy of activities in the field of health and social services; education; activities in the field of information and communication; activities in the field of culture, sports, leisure and entertainment; insufficient efficiency of transport development and low share of fixed capital investments in manufacturing industries.

Offensive patent litigation strategic choice: An organizational routine perspective

Patent litigation strategy is receiving considerable attention as friction escalates between firms over the legal use of patented technology. Offensive patent litigation is an important corporate strategy to protect intellectual property rights via suing others in the event of an infringement. This study seeks to understand how organizational routines, certificated by the Intellectual Property Rights Management Standard (IPRMS), influence strategic choices of patent litigation. Considering multiple scenarios of firm size and ownership, the results show that organizational routines positively affect the choice of offensive patent litigation, with firm size weakening the effect and state ownership reinforcing the effect. These findings contribute to offensive patent litigation research by highlighting the importance of organizational routines and exploring the interaction between a firm's strategies and the institutional foundations of legal practice.

RETRACTED ARTICLE: The relationship between open technological innovation, intellectual property rights capabilities, network strategy, and AI technology under the Internet of Things

The problems faced by the open technological innovation of China’s new ICT (information and communications technology) industry under IoT (Internet of Things) technology are expected to be analyzed to improve the overall innovation ability and ensure the sustainable development of related industries. An evaluation model is constructed for open technological innovation in the IoT industry by analyzing the development of IPR (Intellectual Property Rights) management, network strategy, and AI (artificial intelligence) technology under the development of IoT technology. Meanwhile, IBM SPSS Statistics 20.0 and IBM SPSS Amos 19.0 are used to analyze the data information of 306 enterprises in the information technology industry. Besides, the proposed hypotheses are verified by factor analysis, multiple regression, and Back Propagation Neural Network. Finally, a new evaluation index system is constructed for open technological innovation in the new ICT industry. The development of IoT technology provides a primary guarantee for the open technological innovation of the new ICT industry, and the network strategy has the greatest influence on the internal knowledge output mode. Besides, the experimental results indicate that the IoT and artificial intelligence have a critical display value for the open technological innovation of the emerging ICT industry, with the highest weight ratio of 48.25%. This result demonstrates that artificial intelligence is positively correlated with the external input information. Intellectual property management is a crucial guarantee of open technology innovation in the ICT industry. The evaluation model of open technological innovation in the ICT industry has good performance through case analysis, with the highest accuracy of 91.25%. Therefore, the evaluation index system reported here can reflect the important factors affecting the development of innovative technology, which can provide a theoretical basis and practical value for improving the existing open technology innovation system.