IPR protection in KOREA

Industrial Property Protection Team

Contents

I Administrative IPR Protection in KOREAI. Administrative IPR Protection in KOREA

h k f h fII. The works for enhancement of IPR competency

I. Administrative IPR Protection in KOREA

Vision and Strategy

Nationwide IPR-Friendly Environment

Public AwarenessPublic Awareness Enforcement of regulationsEnforcement of regulations

LegislationLegislation Global cooperationGlobal cooperation

Enforcement of regulations system

Border Measure

Korea Trade CommissionKorea Trade Commission

Object of ProtectionPatent right

Crackdown on the circulation market

Industrial Industrial Unfair TradeUnfair TradeOmbudsman Ombudsman centerscenters

Patent right

Utility right

Design right

Prosecutor’s Prosecutor’s OfficeOffice

IPR IPR Protection Protection AssociationAssociation

Trademark right

Geographicalindication

KIPOKIPOPolicePoliceDepartmentDepartment

AssociationAssociation New varieties of plants

Copyright

Korea Customs ServiceKorea Customs Service

Trade related IPR Trade related IPR Protection Protection AssociationAssociation

Trade secrets

Semiconductor IC

Databaseo ea Custo s Se ceo ea Custo s Se ce Database

Computer SW

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Crackdown on the circulation market (1)

On line complaint procedureOn line complaint procedure On line Monitoring SystemOn line Monitoring SystemOn-line complaint procedureOn-line complaint procedure On-line Monitoring SystemOn-line Monitoring System

can report the fact that a factory, a retail t d li ll ll t f it ProsecutorProsecutorstore and on-line mall sell counterfeits

OnOn--line line Shopping Shopping

Search Search EngineEngine

Prosecutor, Prosecutor, Police, KCSCPolice, KCSC

CrackdownCrackdown

Go! www.brandpolice.go.kr

MallMall

Search Search ServerServer

DBDB

I SI S

Mail ServerMail ServerInternal Internal MeasuresMeasures

Monetary rewards Monetary rewards

Since 2006 KIPO have given monetary Image ServerImage Server

Index ServerIndex Server

Storage ServerStorage Server

Staff

On-line

ReportingReporting

ManagementManagement

MeasuresMeasuresg yrewards to those who report to it about counterfeit products.

Value of reported goods Reward amountMonitoring Staff

ManagementManagement

DB Server

KRW 20 million ≤Value<KRW 50 million KRW 500,000

KRW 50 million ≤Value< KRW 200 million KRW 1 million

KRW 200 million ≤Value< KRW 500 million KRW 1.5 million

KRW 500 million ≤Value KRW 2 millionKRW 500 million ≤Value KRW 2 million

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Crackdown on the circulation market (2)Crackdown on the circulation market (2): Special judicial police squad for trademarks

Time for national offices to fight counterfeiting?In South Korea, it is already happening

BackdropBackdropAlthough the KIPO had been making great efforts to combat counterfeiting, its power was hitherto limited to issuing warnings. So the National Assembly passed the Agency of the Special Judicial Police and its jurisdiction (April. 2010)

JurisdictionJurisdictionCrackdown on act of unfair competition and infringement of trademark right

- Within this jurisdiction, they have the power to conduct searches, seizures d d h di i f h ffi

OrganizationOrganization

and arrests under the direction of the Prosecutor’s Office

△ Headquarters : 4 peoplegg

△ Seoul Branch : 9 people

△ Daejeon Branch : 5 people

△ Busan Branch : 5 peoplep p

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Global Cooperation : IPR-DESK

SiSimyangBeijing

Cheongdo

Sanhhai

Gwangju

Bangkok

Hanoi

Role of IPR-DESKRole of IPR-DESK

Consulting (the way of application crackdown )(the way of application, crackdown,…)

Building network for global cooperation(especially relations with the foreign government)

Holding a seminar

Funding for promotion of IPR applicationFunding for promotion of IPR application

II. The works for enhancement of IPR competency

IPR information services

Trends of IPR

Precedent of IPR

Trends of NPE

To Enhance IPR competency of

companies

IPR NPE

companies

E l fIPR

guidebook

Example of IPR

consulting

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KOREA’s National IPR Strategy

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