Contractual ways of disposing of exclusive rights to objects of patent rights
The article analyzes existing contractual ways of disposing of exclusive rights to objects of patent rights. The author notes that the contractual ways of disposing of exclusive rights include the disposal of patent rights under the following contracts: an agreement on the alienation of exclusive rights; license agreement granting the right to use the invention / utility model / industrial design; contract of commercial concession; a contract of pledge of exclusive rights; contract of trust management. On the basis of general scientific (analysis, synthesis, comparison, generalization, etc.) and private scientific methods, the most significant aspects of contractual methods for disposing of exclusive rights to objects of patent rights are investigated. Noting the peculiarities of the legal regulation of the management of patent rights under contracts, analyzing the existing gaps in the legal regulation of these methods of disposal, the author proposes amendments to the current Russian civil legislation with a view to eliminating the gaps identified therein. It is observed that a significant amount of the study area does not allow us to describe all the features of the patent rights management under the agreements in this article in full.