INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION : THE CUSTOMS ASPECT

Abstract

In the world trade today, the share of goods containing intellectual property objects is increasing from year to year. That’s mainly because the most developed countries prefer to export high-tech and knowledge-intensive products that use the most modern technologies. Such, the intellectual component has become one of the main components in the price of consumer market goods. With growth of trade, the volume of counterfeit products is increasing, falsification mechanisms are being improved, new challenges are emerging with regard to the protection of intellectual property in emergency situations. All these problems require timely and appropriate solution. That is why control over the movement of such goods, as well as the correct calculation of their customs value, is becoming one of the priority areas of the activity of the customs authorities in the Russian Federation. These facts determine the relevance of the topic of the article. This article discusses the issues related to the control of the turnover of goods moved and sold in violation of the rights of the copyright holders, as well as their customs value, which is subsequently reflected in the amount of customs payments payable when goods are moved across the customs border of the Eurasian Economic Union. The mechanisms to improve the control over the calculation of the customs value of goods containing intellectual property objects have been determined.