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ACTUAL ASPECTS FOR ENCOURAGEMENT OFTECHNICAL CREATIVITYIon SANDU 1,2 , Neculai VOLOVĂŢ 2, , Andrei Victor SANDU 3 ,1) Al.I.Cuza University of Iasi, Arheoinvest Interdisciplinary Platform2) Romanian Inventors Forum, Iasi3 ) Gh. Asachi Technical University of IasiAbstract: The paper presents some aspects concerning the opinion ofRomanian inventors related to improper management of the activity ofpatenting, due to current deficiencies of the inventions law and solutionsfound by some managers from public institutions for stimulation of technicalcreativity.Keywords: invention certificate or copyright license, patent, intellectualproperty, industrial property, scientometry1. IntroductionIf one analyses the typology, role and functions of property, it is clearthat intellectual property, legally instrumented through copyright, whichrefers to human creation (technical-scientific, architectural, visual arts,music, literature etc.), can not be defended neither commensurated by thesame rules as the industrial or cultural property. Industrial property refersto the right of exploitation or use for a period of time and a certaingeographical area, being investigated by license application or the patent,while the cultural property refers to the rights of custody or ownership ofcultural heritage national objects, attribute set by an affidavit type salecontract (purchase) or certificate of authenticity.Regarding the inventions, one must distinguish between industrial andintellectual property that may not be judicial instrumented by the same law,neither analytically measurable by the same rules and standards [1-3].If industrial property defends the right of use through patents,intellectual property should claim the degree of novelty of the creationthrough the author certificate of copyright or patent. The release of thesetwo documents should be based on different analysis and evaluationsystems, which require time periods and totally different amounts of taxes.It is not appropriate the translation of the intellectual property in industrialproperty, as practiced today in most European countries. It is known thatthis practice is made according to laws over one hundred years old, withonly minor amendments improving it in time, without effectively defendingthe copyright of the inventor. Existing laws in the world, except some of the173