The concept of real losses as a component of the concept of losses in the sphere of intellectual property: category of law and economics

Keywords: real losses, intellectual property rights, object of intellectual propertyrights, subject of intellectual property rights, right to own, use and dispose of intellectualproperty rights, contractual obligations, non-contractual legal relations This article provides an analysis and formulation of the category of «real losses» in thefield of intellectual property. The categories of «real losses» in relation to the propertysphere and the sphere of intellectual property are analysed and justified.First, the author will consider the concept of «real losses» in the property sphere,which was previously studied by many well-known legal scholars and lawyers. Further,we are talking about the structure and Element-by-Element composition of reallosses. Then, the concept of incurred and future expenses is considered.The author notes that everything that concerns the property sphere will also applyto the sphere of intellectual property to a certain extent, but a significant differencewill be that real losses in these areas apply to different subjects, objects and rights. After that, the author will try to provide and analyse the definition of the concept of«real losses» for regarding the sphere of intellectual property.Further, the author focuses on the concept of intellectual property law, the subjectof intellectual property rights, intellectual property rights, objects of intellectualproperty rights under the Civil Code of Ukraine. Also, the article deals with such conceptsas the rights of the owner of rights: the right to own, the right to use and theright to dispose. Further, we are talking about real expenses in the field of intellectualproperty.Summing up the theoretical material presented above and taking into account thechanges of the author that he proposed, the definition of the concept of "real losses" inthe field of intellectual property is given.According to the author, such a legal norm could be included in the fourth book«Intellectual Property Law», Chapter 35 «general provisions on intellectual propertylaw» of the Civil Code of Ukraine, in the article on losses.