Related Rights in the Digital Economy

In the early 21st century, intellectual property has become the most crucial intangible asset. In the digital economy and Industry 4.0, the key drivers of intellectual property law will shift from classical institutions to new legal systems. Related rights are perhaps the most fast-paced new institution of intellectual property law. The purpose of this paper is to determine the role that related rights play in the digital economy. Related rights are a flexible and convenient mechanism protecting intangible property included in the digital economy through organizational and financial investments. In the digital economy, the development of related rights is focused within the framework of the so-called new production rights. We believe that such rights are: 1) the right to investment databases; 2) the right of media publishers to use their publications by online news aggregators; 3) the right to inform about sports events (especially in the digital media).