Intellectual property protection: unequal exchange of information and technology between countries

Abstract

The development of informational and communicational technologies has significantly intensified exchange of information, goods and services between countries. Growth of volumes and rates of exchanging information and the latest technology in globalization does not recognize national borders. Even four years ago, the English philosopher Francis Bacon said: "Who owns the information - owns the world." Today, when the amount of knowledge in the world doubles every five years, the words of Francis Bacon are really relevant. In the current circumstances "to have knowledge" – means quickly orientation of themselves in the flow of new information, easily finding necessary information in the huge repository of knowledge. It is important that the costs for the searching for the necessary information do not exceed the economic benefits from its use. Nowadays computer networks become the main means of preservation and transmission of the data.