We are surrounded and continuously interact with intellectual property. The legal regulation of intellectual property is designed to facilitate the process of effective management of innovation processes. The essence of the legislation in the field of patent and copyright law allows innovative-active enterprises to provide competitive advantages, improve the innovation climate, create conditions for the widespread use of innovative results, and obtain appropriate profit from the sale of products. A corporate lawyer is not just a legal adviser; it is a member of the management team, a full member of the development of the enterprise strategy. The primary task of the lawyer in this area is to help develop the business, to ensure that it is within the framework of the law, it works efficiently and makes a profit. The accelerating development of information technology has a significant impact on the use, protection and protection of intellectual property. The emergence of social networks, the growing number of mobile devices and applications, the ever-increasing bandwidth of information channels and the changing behaviour of consumers force copyright holders to revise their strategies and models for the distribution, commercialization and control of the intellectual property in the electronic environment. Undoubtedly, these processes necessitate the training of highly qualified personnel in the field of corporate law. Intellectual property law is the youngest and most dynamically developing legal institution. The course "Protection of Intellectual Rights" is to be studied in a Master’s programme based on previously acquired legal knowledge in the field of civil law and other related areas of law. One of the main goals of this course is the in-depth professional training of students, the formation of a holistic and systematic understanding of how to protect intellectual rights, the development of skills for independent analysis of legal situations and the adoption of legally competent decisions on disputes related to the protection of intellectual rights.
Keywords: intellectual property protection, corporate lawyer, educational process, Master’s programme.