Keywords
intellectual property
blockchain
tokens
NFT
copyright
smart contracts
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Abstract
The widespread implementation of blockchain technologies fundamentally changes many processes in the socio-economic and cultural life of modern society. The high level of investment in the implementation of this technology, especially in the field of digital art, confirms the perspective and high interest of business in the further development of the blockchain. At the same time, the appearance of a large number of digital works of art and the possibility of electronic access to the latest developments actualize the issue of copyright protection and quick obtaining of intellectual property (IP) documentation. This issue is also important for teachers and educational institutions because it allows them to protect the results of their work, promote innovation and knowledge in the field. The use of non-fungible tokens is one of the most promising directions for the protection of intellectual property.
The article analyzes the experience of implementing blockchain technologies in the process of obtaining intellectual property documents and patents, and copyright protection in general, and also considers systems and platforms designed for copyright protection.
We present the model of authorship registration and obtaining IP documents based on blockchain technology. The user’s authorship will be represented in the form of a non-fungible token (NFT), which contains all information about this intellectual property and confirms the user's right to it. Each NFT is unique, allowing creators to present their creations in digital form with guaranteed proof of authorship. In addition, the article presents a fragment of the requirements for the tokenomics model and a diagram of the interaction of agents in the context of the functioning of tokenomics and the model as a whole.
During the research, an NFT model was developed. It represents an intellectual property document certifying the authors’ rights to intellectual property objects. We implemented a smart contract that manages the creation and transfer of NFTs using the Cadence language on the Flow blockchain. In addition, the key functional requirements for the system were implemented, among them: registration of authors and experts (reviewers), adding keywords for the selection of experts (reviewers), searching for relevant experts by keywords, implementation of payment functions for reviewers for work performed.
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