Regional models of digital economic transformation and right for intellectual property (by exampleof EU and EEU)
The publication by M. Shugurov(Dr. Hab. in Philosophy), professor at the International Law chair of the Saratov State Law Academy, discusses the factors related to the development of legislation in regional integration-focused groupsof states, particularly EU and EEU, given the digital transformation of the economy and society. The author argues that the regionalpolicy aimed at implementation of digital agendas in these groups’ member states can be such a factor. He provides a comparative legal analysis of the digital transformation models of the EU and EEU, focusingon specific political and legal mechanisms for controlling these processes. He reveals that the development of intellectual property law in EEU, being a separate line of integration, currently has no direct link to the implementation of the Union’s digital agenda. He tries to push for more active inclusionof issues such as protection and management of intellectual property rights into the strategic documents and legislative acts that lay the basis for the above-mentioned digital transformation.