Open AccessLEGAL REGULATION ON THE CREATION AND FUNCTIONING OF INNOVATION CLUSTERS IN UKRAINE
Author(s) -
Христина Іваницька
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
teorìâ ì praktika ìntelektualʹnoï vlasnostì
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2519-2744
pISSN - 2308-0361
DOI - 10.33731/12020.200261
Subject(s) - legislature , promotion (chess) , intellectual property , principle of legality , business , legislator , government (linguistics) , state (computer science) , political science , legislation , law , politics , computer science , linguistics , philosophy , algorithm
The article reviews the regulatory framework on the basis of which the creation and functioning of innovation clusters as an association of objects of innovative infrastructure of Ukraine.During the research, the author concludes that it is advisable to classify the regulatory regulation of the activity of innovation clusters in Ukraine into two categories: general and special. The general regulatory framework is aimed at creating elements of innovation clusters as legal entities; special aimed at regulating issues of innovation and intellectual property.At the same time, the basic principles of creation and functioning of the legal framework governing the issues of innovation clusters are highlighted: systematicity, accessibility and legality.In the article it is stated that legislative regulation, covering the issues of the functioning of the innovation clusters is incomplete and fragmented, which in turn impedes the full, strategic and cost-effective development of innovation clusters. Hence, the author advices to propose the legislator to regulate the investigated issue at the level of a separate legal act.Besides proper legislative framework, the author pays attention to the necessity of the attraction of budgetary and extra-budgetary funding, including facilitating the participation of clusters in competitions and events conducted by state and regional development institutes, state authorities and local self-government bodies. It is also obvious that there is a need of facilitating the promotion and sale of innovative products of cluster participants in the domestic and world markets; implementation of projects of cluster participants with involvement of state and regional development institutes.At the end of the research the author generates the basic directions of improvement of the policy of legal regulation of the cluster innovation system of Ukraine, proposes concrete measures in the direction of its improvement and modernization.