Legal Regulation of Innovative Activities in Modern-Day Russia, with Regard to the Implementation of the “Regulatory Guillotine” Mechanism in the Sphere of Intellectual Property

Introduction. Innovative activity is an inalienable condition for the development of any enterprise, and a proposal for technical improvement,as a form of such activity that has historically taken shape specifically in domestic law, requires a thorough study. The following is proposed within the framework of this study: to determine if proposals for technical improvements serve as an effective tool for improving production, and to identify their advantages and related risks, as well as the unsolved problems of their implementation and application. If the effectiveness of this object is revealed, an assessment of the need to develop the legal regulation of innovative activities will be made, subject to the implementation of the “regulatory guillotine” in the sphere of intellectual property. Methods. In the work, general scientific (analysis, system-structural, functional), special (concrete sociological), and private scientific (formal legal method of interpretation of the rule of law) methods are used. Results and Discussion. The expansion of the practice of performance of innovative activities by organizations with its regulation at the level of local regulatory acts is useful for improving production processes and increasing the competitive ability of enterprises. The following advantages of a cleverly built system of implementation of proposals for technical improvement were identified: gaining competitive advantages, direct improvement of the production process; reduction of production expenditures, and motivation of the creative activity of employees via guaranteed payments and other incentives, which has a positive impact on the employee potential of the enterprise. Factors that are able to expand the practice of using innovative proposals, in the opinion of authors of this study, are: 1) creation of modern methodological recommendations; 2) competent implementation of personnel policy by the enterprise itself, since a corporate culture generating a continuous innovative process depends on the personnel: their personal qualities, interest, professionalism and the degree of freedom required for the creative process. At the same time, the development of legal regulation of relations connected with proposals for technical improvement is required, in particular, the preservation of the federal-level regulation of up-to-date norms. Conclusion. The materials accumulated in the course of preparation of this article make it possible to perform an analysis of Russian laws on the organization of innovative activity. The analysis of advantages and risks of conducting innovative activity as a part of an enterprise is presented. Studies performed in this area will be useful for organizers of innovative activity at an enterprise. It is worth mentioning that the matters of optimization of the current legal regulation of innovative activity within the framework of the «regulatory guillotine» in the sphere of intellectual property could become the subject of additional scientific studies.