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IEPDP-Facultad de Ciencias Jurídicas y Políticas - LUZ
Peculiarities of state regulation of
intellectual property rights protection
DOI: https://doi.org/10.46398/cuestpol.4177.06
Ivan Vashchynets *
Petro Korniienko **
Oksana Kustovska ***
Zoriana Romanova ****
Yuliia Sushytska *****
Abstract
The relevance of the study lies in the fact that in Ukraine
under martial law the system of protection of intellectual
property rights and mechanisms of its public administration is
continuously transformed, which implies a scientic search to
identify the problems that exist in this area and the development
of eective practical solutions to overcome them. The purpose of
the study was to identify the main features and obstacles arising
in the implementation of public administration in the eld of intellectual
property and the implementation of protection of its objects under martial
law in Ukraine. The research methods used were general and special legal
methods of knowledge. Everything allows to conclude that there is an
urgent need to develop new mechanisms of digital security of copyrights
and to push forward the creation of blockchain accounting of copyright
objects. Similarly, a revision of the approach to the evaluation of objects of
intellectual property rights and the determination of the inventive level is
needed, as a condition of possibility to adapt the legislation governing the
matter to the needs of today’s society.
* Candidate of Law Sciences, Associate Professor at the Department of International Law and Branch
Legal Disciplines of Kyiv University of Law of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. ORCID:
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6983-6151
** Dr. hab in Law, Professor of the Department of Philosophy, Law and Social-Humanitarian Disciplines
Department of Philosophy, Law and Social-Humanitarian Disciplines the Faculty of Finance and
Economics, National Academy of Statistics, Accounting and Audit, Kyiv, Ukraine. ORCID ID: https://
orcid.org/0000-0002-1473-6698
*** Ph. D. in Economics, Associate Professor Department Land Use Planning Faculty of Land Management,
National University of life and environmental sciences of Ukraine, 15 Heroiv Oborony Str., Kyiv,
Ukraine. ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1469-9249
**** Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor, Department of Biotechnology of Fermentation
Products and Winemaking, Institute of Food Technologies, National University of Food Technologies,
Volodymyrska str., 68, 01033, Kyiv, Ukraine. ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3974-5758
***** Senior Lecturer Department of Law and Law Enforcement, Faculty of National Security, Law and
International Relations Zhytomyr Polytechnic State University, Zhytomyr, st. Chudnivska, 103,
Ukraine. ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7310-3914
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Keywords: intellectual activity; legal regulation; property and personal
non-property rights; innovative activity; objects of intellectual
property rights.
Peculiaridades de la regulación estatal de la protección
de los derechos de propiedad intelectual
Resumen
La relevancia del estudio radica en el hecho de que en Ucrania bajo
la ley marcial el sistema de protección de los derechos de propiedad
intelectual y los mecanismos de su administración pública se transforma
continuamente, lo que implica una búsqueda cientíca para identicar
los problemas que existen en esta área y el desarrollo de soluciones
prácticas ecaces para superarlos. El propósito del estudio fue identicar
las principales características y los obstáculos que surgen en la aplicación
de la administración pública en el ámbito de la propiedad intelectual y la
aplicación de la protección de sus objetos bajo la ley marcial en Ucrania.
Los métodos de investigación empleados fueron los jurídicos generales y
especiales del conocimiento. Todo permite concluir que urge la necesidad
de desarrollar nuevos mecanismos de seguridad digital de los derechos de
autor e impulsar la creación de una contabilidad blockchain de los objetos
de derechos de autor. Del mismo modo, se necesita una revisión del enfoque
de la evaluación de los objetos de derechos de propiedad intelectual y la
determinación del nivel inventivo, como condición de posibilidad para
adecuar la legislación que rige la materia a las necesidades de la sociedad
actual.
Palabras clave: actividad intelectual; regulación jurídica; derechos de
propiedad y personales no patrimoniales; actividad
innovadora; objetos de derechos de propiedad
intelectual.
Introduction
Problems of protection of intellectual property rights are the subject
of scientic research of domestic and foreign scientists. Relevance is
conrmed by the fact that the eective development of the state requires
the coordinated functioning of all elements of its system.
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For the eective functioning of the economy is a prerequisite for the
introduction of digital information and communication technologies and
innovative methods of management and organization of society. The
system of innovation can be eective only in creating favorable conditions
for its creators, one of which is the introduction and implementation of an
eective system of intellectual property rights protection.
Analysis of the specics of state regulation of intellectual property
in Ukraine shows that certain problems contribute to a decrease in the
eectiveness of state regulation of intellectual property. Therefore, the state
system of intellectual property protection in Ukraine faces new challenges
aimed at further dissemination of international standards, optimization
of legal protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights,
dissemination of relevant knowledge in the eld of intellectual property
among dierent segments of the population.
The armed aggression against Ukraine has slowed down the
transformation in the eld of intellectual property and the protection
of rights to its objects, in particular, we are talking about a signicant
reduction in the funding of budgetary scientic institutions and a pause in
the implementation of a signicant number of planned innovative projects.
But alongside the diculties, the military actions pushed the development
of technologies in Ukraine, especially biotechnology, the medical sector and
the food industry.
After the end of combat actions, it will be relevant to restore the energy
sector and to develop the mining and processing industry. But along with
the diculties, the military actions pushed the development of technologies
in Ukraine, especially biotechnology, the medical sector and the food
industry, and after the end of hostilities, the restoration of the energy sector,
the development of the mining and processing industry will be relevant.
An important role in the development of an economically independent
state, the formation of a culture and respect for intellectual property rights
should be played by public authorities, as well as their implementation of
various activities both within the state and at the international level.
Improvement of legislation in the eld of intellectual property,
elimination of certain gaps in the law will contribute to the prevention of
oenses in general, will strengthen the economic sphere of inuence in
international cooperation, and will allow the state to develop condently in
the eld of innovation activity.
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1. Research Methodology
During the study to achieve its goal and solve its problems were used
general scientic methods of induction, deduction, analysis, generalization,
special methods of prediction and modeling, other methods of scientic
knowledge. General scientic methods were used to study the theoretical
foundations of the system of protection of intellectual property rights in
Ukraine. Special methods were used to comprehend the content of external
and internal factors aecting the system of protection of intellectual property
rights in Ukraine, as well as the development of practical recommendations
for improving the mechanism of its functioning in Ukraine.
In order to achieve the goals and objectives of the study better and
eectively, its implementation was divided into three independent
stages, namely: study of the theoretical framework, analytical study, and
development of practical recommendations and proposals based on the
study.
2. Research Results
State regulation in the eld of intellectual property in Ukraine under
martial law is necessary for its eective recovery on the completion of
the armed conict, development, and use of inventive and rationalization
achievements, attracting investment in the economy, development, and
preservation of national scientic and technological and intellectual
potential of the Ukrainian state. Eective state regulation in the eld of
intellectual property also contributes to the stabilization of the economic
situation since both investors and the authors of intellectual property rights
obtain the protection of their rights.
The main ways of protection of intellectual property rights in Ukraine
can be dened as the following:
Table 1: Ways to protect the results of intellectual activity in Ukraine.
Name of the method of
intellectual property protection
in Ukraine
Content of the method of
intellectual property protection
in Ukraine
Administrative It is provided only for public
demonstration, violation of the
conditions of public demonstration and
duplication of lms and videos without a
rental certicate; unlawful introduction
of brand names, trademarks.
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Civil Provides for the ling of a lawsuit in
court for the recognition of the owner’s
rights; for the restoration of the situation
that existed before the violation of the
right; for the termination of actions
that violate the right or threaten to
violate it; for compensation for damage
and lost prots.
Criminal There is criminal liability for violation of
copyright and related rights; violation
of rights to an invention, utility
model, industrial design, topography
of an integrated circuit, plant variety,
rationalization proposal; for illegal
encroachment on trade secrets.
Source: Author’s development.
In Ukraine, we can also distinguish two levels of state regulation of
intellectual property rights:
Table 2: Levels of state regulation of intellectual property rights.
Name of the type of state
regulation of intellectual
property rights
The content of the type of
state regulation of intellectual
property rights
Individual Regulation of relations with individuals
who create and use objects of
intellectual property rights
Collective/Group Regulation of relations with legal
entities that develop or use objects of
intellectual property rights
Source: Author’s development.
The system of protection of intellectual property in Ukraine can be
dened as a totality of measures developed and implemented by the state
competent authorities or individuals and legal entities without recourse to
them, aimed at the establishment and recognition of intellectual property
rights in case of their violation, denial or non-recognition (jurisdictional
and non-jurisdictional) forms).
The state provides protection of intellectual property by means of the
adoption of corresponding normative-legal acts in a certain sphere, the
provision of carrying out of scientic research. The state is interested in
the protection of intellectual rights because these rights are an integral
part of those rights and freedoms that are guaranteed by the Constitution
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of Ukraine, and also for the reason that this protection simultaneously
contributes to the development of culture, education, improvement of
production technologies, creates favorable conditions for investment,
international trade of goods and services
Under the conditions of the problematic transition of Ukraine to a
market economy, which is complicated by the introduction of martial law
in our country, the system of intellectual property rights protection faces
a number of external and internal obstacles for the implementation of its
tasks. Among them, the following can be highlighted as the main:
1. obsolete traditional methods of protecting intellectual property
rights, caused by the intensive development of digital information
and communication technologies, as well as the emergence of
opportunities to reproduce, store and distribute large amounts
of information, occurs simultaneously with a decrease in the
probability of locating an infringer and bringing him to justice;
2. the problem of the “exhaustion” of creativity associated with the
active use of elements of articial intelligence in scientic research
and intelligence;
3. increase in the complexity and volume of the examination of
applications for intellectual property, which entails a process of
deterioration of its quality, as expert judgments on the inventive
step become less objective and reliable;
4. insucient quantity and availability of information on current
developments in the intellectual property rights protection system
for internal and external users;
5. lack of understanding of new norms and rules for certain goods and
services due to the presence of restrictions under the provisions of
martial law in Ukraine;
6. combating unfair competition; spread of counterfeit products and
services on the territory of Ukraine, which are dicult to detect
under wartime restrictions and to bring oenders to justice;
7. there is a lack of opportunities for full nancial support from of
budgetary organizations and institutions.
3. Discussion
“Promotion of innovations is vital for economic and social development
of every democratic society” (Kodynetz and Maidanyk, 2019: 56). However,
not only the introduction of innovative information and communication
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technologies in the economic and social life of society is important, also
one of the important conditions for the successful development of culture,
science, and industry is the recognition of property and personal non-
property rights for the authors of intellectual property objects and persons
who have obtained rights to these objects, as well as ensuring their reliable
protection.
At the present stage in Ukraine under martial law, there is an inevitable
transformation of the national system of protection of intellectual property
rights, which actualizes the scientic tasks of identifying problems in this
area and developing eective solutions to overcome them. The process
of formation of the system of state regulation of intellectual property in
Ukraine continues, and the process of completing its formation at this
stage is complicated by the armed aggression against our state, but the
foundations of legal regulation of this system have already been created.
Ukraine has adopted and implemented a set of measures aimed at
maintaining the full functioning of the intellectual property rights system,
reducing the negative manifestations of illegal use of its objects, minimizing
the harmful eects caused by it, as well as ensuring free access to certain
types of intellectual product for the general public (e.g., artistic and literary
works).
Though intellectual and related human rights have common features with
other rights, providing human activity, they also have their specic nature.
The world is changing, new information and communication technologies
are being introduced, many innovative ideas are being implemented, thus,
“in the age of the fourth industrial revolution, the metaverse is creating new
waves in the world of internet technology and is promising to provide even
better and more immersive ways to interact with other people” (Uchida,
2020).
The system of intellectual activity in Ukraine, as well as the mechanism
of protection of rights to its results, is changing due to external and internal
reasons. The rst can include the global phenomena of social, political, and
economic nature that aect it in all countries of the world. For example,
“globalization has led, inter alia, to the multiplication of ows of international
trade of goods, including those covered by intellectual property rights” (Di
Cataldo, 2018). Internal factors can include, for example, the unstable
political situation in a particular country or social unrest in that country.
“Intellectual property (IP) protection is designed to maintain scarcity
in intangibles, and cent of maintaining scope for price and thereby prot”
(David, 2019). Accordingly, in any democratic legal country, state regulation
of intellectual property law in order to improve the investment climate,
commercialization, and integration of new information and communication
technologies is a high-priority state task. “The mechanism of the terms
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“defense” in IP law is not one of those underground in investment law”
(Upreti, 2021). In terms of intellectual property law in Ukraine, it is about
protecting individuals and legal entities by granting them such rights, the
second group of which is called bachelors contracts or operating licenses
(Mehdipour and Bagheri, 2021).
In fact, the named contracts provide for the elimination of others to use
without permission of the authors of intellectual property rights. Protection
of intellectual property rights in Ukraine in the aspect of investment law is
used through the implementation of compensation to investors for breach
of contractual obligations committed by a sovereign state.
Another topical problem of protection of intellectual property rights
is the problem of manufacturing, marketing, as well as importation into
Ukraine of counterfeit products under martial law and given the fact
that “in a country with low IPR protection, rms have much incentive
to imitate better technology” (Uchida, 2020). In contrast, eective
government regulation of intellectual property rights has positive economic
consequences for countries, …“Miscellaneous legal phenomena are now
nestled in the intersection between intellectual property rights and human
rights” (Samaranayake, 2022). The basic principles of state regulation of
intellectual property rights are determined by the Constitution of Ukraine,
the Codes of Ukraine, and the special laws of Ukraine.
An alternative way to resolve disputes about the recognition of the rights
of the owner; about the restoration of the situation that existed before the
violation of the right; about the termination of actions that violate the right
or create a threat of violation; about compensation for damage and lost
prots, as well as others related to the protection of intellectual property
rights in Ukraine, is seen as complemented by mediation since it “...is a
dispute resolution method, which is in vogue” (Wechs Hatanaka, 2018).
In the conditions of martial law in Ukraine, such an out-of-court dispute
resolution method out of court seems appropriate and eective.
Conclusions and Implications
The results of the study lead to the conclusion that under martial law
imposed in Ukraine, it is advisable to:
1. development of new mechanisms of digital security of authors’
rights and creation of blockchain accounting of copyright objects;
2. revision of the approach to the evaluation of intellectual property
rights objects and the determination of the inventive level;
3. ensuring growth in the number of technological expert organizations
and transparency of their activities;
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4. conducting information events to explain the content of current
changes in domestic legislation on the protection of intellectual
property rights.
It is also important to continue further scientic research to solve the
above problems, as well as the practical implementation of theoretical
developments and developments in life, because, despite the martial law,
which is introduced in Ukraine, the implementation of these measures
will help to overcome the obstacles to the development of the intellectual
property rights protection system, as well as the economic growth of our
state.
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