The Impact of Intellectual Property Rights Protection on The Development of Scientific Research at Sana'a University

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the impact of intellectual property rights protection on the development of scientific research from the point of view of faculty members and their assistants at Sana'a University, and the extent of their knowledge and application of laws and agreements related to intellectual property rights in their researches and studies. The study used the survey method, and relied on the questionnaire as the main tool for collecting information, in (14) humanities and scientific colleges. The questionnaire was distributed to a random stratified sample of faculty members and their assistants, amounting to (316) members. The study reached several conclusions, including the weakness in activating intellectual property protection laws and agreements at the university; which negatively affects the level of scientific research and its application according to its various fields, and this came at a rate of (54%), and an arithmetic mean of (2.69), It also showed the weak role played by the parties concerned with protecting intellectual property rights in defining intellectual property and its laws and agreements and their important role in its application, whether at the university or related parties, at a rate of (48%) and an arithmetic mean of (2.42). The study came out with a number of recommendations, the most important of which are: the necessity of activating coordination between Sana’a University and the parties concerned with protecting intellectual property and spreading its culture, and defining the laws and agreements stipulated in Yemeni law, and the necessity for the parties concerned with protecting intellectual property in the country and within the university to carry out their duty towards implementing these laws and agreements.