Imperative, Dispositive and Other Types of Intellectual Property Law Norms in the Current and Updated Civil Code of Ukraine, the Practice of their Application in the Conditions of the Modern Information Society

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Kokhanovska Olena
Doctor of Legal Science (SJD/JSD/DLS), Professor, Professor of the Department of Civil Law, Educational and Scientific Institute of Law, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2925-0738

Published: 23.03.2026

DOI: https://doi.org/10.69724/2786-8834-2026-8-1-5-24

Keywords: imperative norms, dispositive norms, private law, intellectual property law, recodification (update) of civil legislation of Ukraine, information society

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Abstract

The article is devoted to a comprehensive analysis of the concept, types and content of manda- tory, dispositive and other rules of private law in regulating intellectual property relations in the current Civil Code of Ukraine and in the draft of its updated version, as well as the practice of their application, primarily by the courts of Ukraine. The study takes into account the specific features of the development of the information society, which determines the transformation of approaches to legal regulation in the field of intellectual property and highlights the issue of proper protection and enforcement of the rights of its subjects. The relevance of the topic is обусловed by the existence of discrepancies between the normative model of regulation and law enforcement practice concerning mandatory and dispositive rules, despite Ukraine’s implementation of international standards, in particular acts of the European Union, and the ongoing recodification of civil legislation. At the same time, it is necessary to clarify the justification for the legislator’s choice of a particular type of legal norms to regulate personal non-property and property intellectual prop- erty relations in the context of digitalisation and the development of information relations.The purpose of the article is to determine the specific features of mandatory and dispositive rules from the perspective of ensuring the effectiveness of legal regulation, as well as to formulate conclusions regarding the approaches of the drafters of the updated Civil Code of Ukraine to the selection of legal instruments and their impact on judicial practice. The methodological basis of the study consists of the formal-legal, comparative-legal, historical-legal, and systemic-structural methods, as well as the analysis of court decisions. It is substantiated that, notwithstanding the significance of mandatory provisions in the sphere of protection of the creator’s personal non-property rights, the dispositive method, based on legal equality and the autonomy of the parties’ will, remains decisive.

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Кохановська О. Імперативні, диспозитивні та інші види норм права інтелектуальної власності у чинному і оновленому ЦК України, практика їх застосування в умовах сучасного інформаційного суспільства. Цивілістична платформа. 2026. № 1 (8). С. 5-24. https://doi.org/10.69724/2786-8834-2026-8-1-5-24

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Kokhanovska, O. (2026) Imperative, Dispositive and Other Types of Intellectual Property Law Norms in the Current and Updated Civil Code of Ukraine, the Practice of their Application in the Conditions of the Modern Information Society. С. P. Journal, 1 (8). https://doi.org/10.69724/2786-8834-2026-8-1-5-24 [in Ukrainian].

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