History and Problems of Personnel Training in the Field of Intellectual Property in the Republic of Belarus

Relevance. In the modern interpretation, intellectual property has an interdisciplinary nature, being a legal and economic category, which determines the complexity of training personnel in the field of intellectual property as one of the key elements in building an innovative economy. Great importance is attached to the solution of this problem in the implementation of the State Program of Innovative Development of the Republic of Belarus and the Strategy of the Republic of Belarus in the field of intellectual property. Methodology: the research is based on general scientific methods of complex and systematic analysis, including the methodology of comparative analysis of international and national experience in the field under study. Results. In a historical aspect, the article describes the experience of the Republic of Belarus in training personnel in the field of intellectual property, identified the main problems at the present stage and proposed a set of measures to solve them. Particular attention is paid to the development and teaching experience of the discipline «Fundamentals of Intellectual Property Management», which was introduced as a mandatory state component in the studying programs of higher educational institutions. Discussion. The study considered content of training programs for training students of the first and second levels of education, retraining on the basis of higher education and advanced training of specialists. The authors proposed and substantiated an approach to the organization of education in the field of intellectual property for economic specialties in the Republic of Belarus. The article concluded that the implementation of a set of proposed measures for the development of a system for training specialists in the field of intellectual property management will make it possible to train personnel for an innovative economy, digital transformation and solve social and economic problems facing the country.