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Founder: Research Institute of Intellectual Property of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine Research Institute of Intellectual Property of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine – publisher and owner of the journal. Until 2005, the magazine was published under the name “Intellectual Capital” (the first issue was issued on February 13, 2002). Since 2005, the journal has been published under the title “Theory and Practice of Intellectual Property”; is a scientific and practical magazine and periodical (certificate KV No. 10573 dated November 7, 2005). The journal is included in the international scientific metric database Index Copernicus Database Since 2004, the journal has been included in the list of special specialized publications in legal sciences (Order of the Ministry of Education and Culture of Ukraine dated 07.10 No. 1222 of 2016). Thanks to this, publications in the journal acquire the status of scientific works. A wide range of theoretical, practical, and methodological issues are discussed in the magazine’s columns, scientific discussions take place, and domestic and foreign news in the field of intellectual property and innovation are covered. In recent years, the journal has expanded the range of professional interests, inviting representatives of other branches of law and science in general to its pages. Over a period of more than ten years since the magazine was founded, prominent scientists, politicians, public figures of Ukraine and foreign countries have become the authors of publications on its pages, among them K. Pascual (former US ambassador to Ukraine), B. Paton (president of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine); V. Tatsii (president of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine), T. Teiner (president of the International Coalition to Combat Counterfeit Products), A. Dietz (head of the research group at the Max Planck Institute of Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law (Germany)). Teachers from leading Ukrainian and foreign universities are often involved in the journal, in particular V. Mizaras (head of the department of Vilnius University (Lithuania)), I. Nestoruk (law faculty of the European University of Viadrina (Germany)), O. Chichurina (University of Brest named after O. S. Pushkin (Belarus)), A. Amangeldy (Kazakhstan), O. Yampolska (Switzerland) and many others. Ukrainian scientists who publish their articles in the journal “Theory and Practice of Intellectual Property” show a wide geography, because they represent leading educational and scientific institutions of Ukraine from Kyiv, Donetsk, Lviv, Odesa, Kharkiv, Cherkasy, Chernivtsi, etc. The idea of the magazine, which has been implemented all these years, is to provide an opportunity to publish in its columns to post-graduate students, applicants and other young researchers, as well as talented students who are interested in publicly realizing their intellectual and creative achievements. Provided they receive positive reviews (external or internal), their scientific publications are published in the journal. In order to fill the journal with information and expand its subject matter, not only famous persons, experienced scientists and young researchers are invited, but also practitioners who work in the field of intellectual property and innovation or are interested in it. The main subject of the publication: articles on intellectual property law, innovative activity, the economics of intellectual property. Publication languages: Ukrainian, Russian and others – at the discretion of the author (mandatory annotations in English and Russian). Periodicity: published once every two months, articles are accepted throughout the year; circulation of 300 copies. Publication status: domestic. Sphere of distribution: nationwide, partially CIS countries. Copies of the journal are provided by mandatory mailing to national state libraries and libraries of leading Ukrainian universities. The electronic version of the magazine is sent to the National Library of Ukraine named after V. I. Vernadskyi and is posted on the website of the Research Institute of Intellectual Property of the Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences. Reader categories: scientists, educators, patent attorneys, experts, specialists of the national patent system of Ukraine, employees of judicial, law enforcement, other state bodies, officials of local self-government bodies, practicing lawyers, graduate students, students, students of higher educational institutions. Program objectives (main principles): promoting the improvement of the scientific-theoretical, educational-methodological qualifications of scientists and scientific-pedagogical workers of higher educational institutions, students and postgraduates. Tasks and main goals of the publication: popularization of the latest achievements of science and exchange of best practices in the field of intellectual property law, innovative activity, intellectual property economics, legal education, coverage of topical issues of practical application of Ukrainian legislation, etc. You can subscribe to the Theory and Practice of Intellectual Property magazine at any branch of “Ukrposhta”, as well as using the WebMoney system on the website of SE “Presa” – www.presa.ua. The magazine is published 6 times a year, and the cost of an annual subscription is 1,500 UAH 0.00 Subscription index 23594.