Studenetskaya V.A. Evolution of Some Legal Instruments of National Innovation Systems of the United States of America and France

Abstract: This article describes the concept of national innovation systems (further — NIS), as a complex of interrelated elements that provide innovative development within national borders. There is no single model for the development of an innovative economy and the presence of positive characteristics and proven approaches in each country. The main law instrument to regulate the functioning of the NIS is the legislation. There is no single approach to the legislative model in this area in world practice. The author focuses on the legal institutions and mechanisms that have influenced the development of national innovation economies of the U.S. and France. In the U.S., analyzes the successful experience of the development of the legal institution of patent law and concludes the advancing the development of intellectual property legislation in Europe. In France, is prevailing high level of tax burden on business structure and discusses the improvement of legal acts that describes the tax benefits and legal status of individual actors of the NIS.

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