The work of the team of authors Yu.M. Kapitsa, K.S. Shahbazyan, and D.S. Makhnovsky is published by the “Akademperiodyka” Publishing House. Centre for Intellectual Property Studies and Technology Transfer of the NAS of Ukraine «Intellectual Property Rights in Research and Development Agreements of Academic Institutions».

The monograph presents the analyses of the problems of regulating the creation, protection, use of intellectual property objects, the distribution of IP in research and development contracts and research collaboration agreements between the research organisations and national and foreign companies and academic institutions, government agencies, national and international funds. An analysis of the legislation and practice of IP regulation in R&D agreements in the European Union, EU Member States, Great Britain, the USA, Ukraine and other countries is presented. Proposals for the approximation of legislative regulation and the practice of concluding R&D agreements in Ukraine and providing the regulation of IP in R&D agreements to the practice of the European Union are substantiated. The publication is intended for researchers, management staff of research organisations, universities, specialists of technology transfer and intellectual property departments, specialists of government institutions who deal with IP protection and research and developments.