Intellectual Property Protection in Field of Information Technology

Since the second half of the 20th century, with the development of the Internet, globalization of markets, and the emergence of multinational companies in the world, there are "patent race" and "innovation race,"that is an increase in the number of patents associated with a rapid increase in the production of innovative (high-tech) products. Development and supply of products in the field of information technology is becoming one of the most profitable items of the Russian export. Software protection in Russia is growing rapidly, but is executed within the frameworks of copyrights, what gives no protection for the algorithm, which provides new methods and technical solutions, often having great commercial value. At the same time, protection of inventions in information technology in the field of information processing, modeling of physical processes, and system control is much more promising for concluding licensing agreements and receiving income from granting rights to use these inventions.