History and Problems of Personnel Training in the Field of Intellectual Property in the Republic of Belarus

Relevance. In the modern interpretation, intellectual property has an interdisciplinary nature, being a legal and economic category, which determines the complexity of training personnel in the field of intellectual property as one of the key elements in building an innovative economy. Great importance is attached to the solution of this problem in the implementation of the State Program of Innovative Development of the Republic of Belarus and the Strategy of the Republic of Belarus in the field of intellectual property. Methodology: the research is based on general scientific methods of complex and systematic analysis, including the methodology of comparative analysis of international and national experience in the field under study. Results. In a historical aspect, the article describes the experience of the Republic of Belarus in training personnel in the field of intellectual property, identified the main problems at the present stage and proposed a set of measures to solve them. Particular attention is paid to the development and teaching experience of the discipline «Fundamentals of Intellectual Property Management», which was introduced as a mandatory state component in the studying programs of higher educational institutions. Discussion. The study considered content of training programs for training students of the first and second levels of education, retraining on the basis of higher education and advanced training of specialists. The authors proposed and substantiated an approach to the organization of education in the field of intellectual property for economic specialties in the Republic of Belarus. The article concluded that the implementation of a set of proposed measures for the development of a system for training specialists in the field of intellectual property management will make it possible to train personnel for an innovative economy, digital transformation and solve social and economic problems facing the country.

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Intellectual property management in startups — problematic issues

Engineering Management in Production and Services ◽

10.2478/emj-2018-0012 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. 66-74

Author(s):

Agnieszka Baran ◽

Asel Zhumabaeva

Keyword(s):

Intellectual Property ◽

Literature Review ◽

Intellectual Capital ◽

Management Strategies ◽

Decisive Factor ◽

Business Strategies ◽

Property Management ◽

Intellectual Property Management ◽

Innovative Economy ◽

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Abstract This paper describes the most important problems related to the management of intellectual property in startups. Startups have become an inseparable element of the innovative economy. Many of these companies base their development on intellectual capital and innovations. In this context, it is extremely important to legally secure the innovations and protect intellectual property. These activities can often be the decisive factor in the development of startups. This article aims to identify, analyse and evaluate the most important issues related to the management of intellectual property in startups. The first part of this paper presents the performed literature review, which mainly concerns the definition of innovation, the state of entrepreneurship in Poland, and the definition of a startup. The second part of the article deals with the main problems related to the management of intellectual property in startups. It is divided into three issues: underestimating the importance of intellectual property, the lack of intellectual property management strategies in startups and financial challenges of startups. The main results of the research indicate that many startups still have low awareness of what is intellectual property and what can be the consequence of using exclusive rights of others. The protection of intellectual property should become one of the elements of business strategies. However, startups find that the creation of the strategy and its implementation is rather expensive.

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