Intellectual property: historical context, importance and its forms of protection

Abstract

This work is a chapter of the undergraduate final research entitled 'Intellectual Property and the different forms of protection: perspectives of legal support and performance'. Its purpose is to study the institute of Intellectual Property, its system of protection, its influence in the different fields of Law and their relationship with Intellectual Property and, in particular, to collect and record data presenting the various conceptions of Intellectual Property and the different forms of protection. It also addresses its contribution to society, its social function and the encouragement of research, innovation and creation, with industry, the economy, the university and human creation as bridges to consolidate the institute. The research question is the following: what contributions can Intellectual Property provide, both for society and for the scientific and professional field? The methodology is based on bibliographic research and the method used is the narrative literature review, in qualitative and descriptive research. It was possible to notice a considerable doctrinal and case-law dispute regarding the object researched and the system of its protection, as well as the perception of a hybrid knowledge that permeates several fields of activity and domain, in addition to Law.