Law Aspects of the Industrial Property Management

Industrial property rights are exclusive rights that provide a monopoly on the use of specific goods, resulting from national, regional or international regulations. Industrial property can be protected by: patents granted for inventions. protection rights for utility models. Industrial property objects of enterprises protected by law are following: inventions, utility models, industrial designs, trademarks, geographical indications and topographies of integrated circuits. Authors presents legal solutions and case studies on selected enterprises presenting the issues of industrial property rights protection. Paper contains also analysis of statistical data on industrial property application procedures and recommendations for enterprises that concern industrial property safety management related to conditions of industry 4.0.