Keywords
digital environment
intellectual property rights
recodification of civil legislation
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Abstract
The digitization of society has influenced the transformation of the intellectual property sphere, creating both new opportunities for creators and users, and new tasks for the legal protection and defense of the rights of intellectual property owners. In the digital environment, the risk of intellectual property rights violation is increasing, in particular through the illegal copying, distribution and use of digital content without the consent of the author or copyright holder. This aspect requires rethinking and updating existing legal approaches, which would affect the actualization of the issue of recodification of Ukrainian legislation in the field of intellectual property. The article provides a comprehensive analysis of the main legal aspects of intellectual property rights violation in the digital environment, taking into account the dynamics of information technology development and the growing number of cases of digital piracy, illegal use of copyright objects, fraud, etc. The purpose of the study is to substantiate the need for recodification of the provisions of the civil and information legislation of Ukraine, taking into account the digital realities of society. Among the main objectives of the study are to identify modern forms of intellectual property offenses in the digital space; to analyze legal gaps in current legislation; to examine the experience of legal regulation of intellectual property; to formulate practical proposals for the modernization of national legislation. Prospects for further research are related to the development of conceptual approaches in the formation of digital intellectual property rights, improving law enforcement practice and integrating innovative technologies (block chain, smart contracts) into legal protection mechanisms.
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