Information Systems in the Context of Intellectual Property Law

The article analyzes the issue of choosing a strategy for the legal protection of an information system from the point of view of an intellectual property object. The purpose of the study is to determine the place of information systems in the system of intellectual activity results. The information system is considered through the concepts of legal protection of a complex object and a composite work. The preferred use of the legal regime of complex objects relative to information systems is proved, which in the conditions of current legislation requires an expansion of the list of complex objects. Taking into account the existing legal regulation, it is most promising to consider information systems from the perspective of databases and computer programs. It is concluded that the database of the information system can be considered exclusively as an object of related rights. Based on the analysis of patent practice, a conclusion is made about the difficulties of patenting an information system algorithm in terms of classification of the blockchain system as a result of intellectual activity: a method, a computer program or a database.

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