Strategic Aspects of Intellectual Property Management in the Fashion Industry

Purpose: in the present study, the author aims to analyze the strategic aspects of intellectual activity in the fashion industry and to develop recommendations for the formation of an intellectual property management system in this sector of the economy.

Methods: the study is based on the use of a set of methods of theoretical and economic analysis, including analysis and synthesis, the method of description, the method of formal logic.

Results: to achieve the purpose of the study, the author has solved the following tasks: 1) considered the key objects of intellectual property of the fashion industry, which are of strategic importance for the activities of companies in this field; 2) justified the strategic need for targeted management of intangible assets in the industry; 3) clarified the problem of intellectual property management and proposed recommendations for the formation of an appropriate strategic management system in the fashion industry.

Conclusions and Relevance: it is very important for fashion industry companies to explore their competitive advantages for successful existence in the context of increasing international competition. Competitive advantages for this field of activity are mainly expressed in intangible assets. The main strategic objects of intellectual property of enterprises of the industry are commercial product, brand and technical innovations.

The author analyzes the practices of companies in this sector of the economy in terms of situations involving to the use of objects of their intellectual property. It was revealed that the main strategic priority of managing the intellectual property of an enterprise today is the protection, preservation and development of intangible assets as a strategic resource needed to increase competitiveness, as well as the economic and information security of an enterprise. In this regard, the author proposed a strategic framework for building an intellectual property management system as a specific functional area of the centralized strategic management of the company. The study of the strategic aspects of intangible assets and the formation of the intellectual property management system is of scientific and practical interest for the development of effective strategies for the development of companies in the fashion industry.

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