On work-related objects of patent law

Introduction: the article deals with work-related objects of patent law in the civil aspect. The currently applied norms on work-related objects of patent law have been formed taking into account the historical experience of the regulation of patent law relations; therefore, analysis of their formation and development is of particular importance for identifying the positive and negative sides, as well as for further improvement of the system for protection of work-related inventions, work-related utility models, and work-related industrial designs. Purpose: to identify the peculiarities in legal regulation of legal norms on work-related objects of patent law based on the analysis of the patent law provisions from the moment these appeared to the present time. Methods: the methodological framework of the research is based on the dialectical method of scientific cognition; general scientific methods (analysis, synthesis, induction, deduction) and specific scientific methods (historical, comparative legal, method of legal norms interpretation) are also used. Results: according to the analysis of legal norms on work-related objects of patent law, at present work-related protectable results of intellectual activity include the invention, utility model and industrial design created in connection with the performance of work-related duties or a specific assignment set by the employer. Their protection is regulated by Article 1370 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation and is provided through the issuance of a patent that, as per standard procedure, secures to the employer the exclusive right to work-related objects. Conclusions: the process of the formation of legal norms on work-related objects of patent law has come a long way, which ended with the transition from the privilege and creation of inventions on a planned basis to the adoption of Part Four of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation. The content of the norms on patent law of that complies with the international provisions on the protection of intellectual property.