Legal Status of the National Intellectual Property Authority: European Experience

The purpose of the scientific research is a detailed analysis of theorganization and activity of the national intellectual property body in European countries. The analysis of the European experience of intellectual property bodies is a necessary foundation for the Ukrainian mechanism in the context of the implementation of positive aspects and integration into the European environment. Research methods were used: systematization, comparative method, generalization; analysis and synthesis of ideas developed. On the basis of the conducted analysis, taking into account the study of positive European experience, recommendations were developed for possible implementation into national legislation in the researched area. As a result of the conducted research, it was concluded that in such European countries as Great Britain, France, Germany, Spain and Poland, a single universal model of building national intellectual property bodies has not been developed; each State has a special system of intellectual property bodies; at the same time, despite the diversity of sub-departments and the organizational structure of the national intellectual property bodies of each of these countries, there are several common features.