OPEN LICENCES IN RUSSIAN CIVIL LAW: ESTABLISHMENT, PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS FOR DEVELOPMENT
The article analyses the peculiarities of open licences, which emerged not so long ago in Russian civil law and in particular in copyright law. The author studied the history of emergence and the ongoing process of development of this type of licensing agreement. The notion, the essence of open licence, as well as its influence on the legal regime of the objects that are the subject of such a contract are considered within the framework of the research. The author studied the opinions of domestic scientists, materials of judicial practice related to the issues raised in the context of the topic. The statement about the need to improve the legal regulation of open licenses is justified. The conclusion about the expediency of amending the current civil legislation is made.