지적재산권 보호를 위한 제도개선과제의 검토 및 그에 따른 법 개정 방향

이용우(Lee Yong-Woo) 한국법학회 2004 법학연구 Vol.17 No.-

Today, the intellectual property right is becoming as diverse and complicated as changes in the Internet environment, In addition, intellectual property technology is becoming advanced at a rapid rate through the influence of the sophisticated research system and high investment in it. But it is thought that it is necessary to maintain the current system for a short period in relation to the trend of application for utility models and the protection of and support for small-and medium-sized businesses. The original purpose of the intellectual property right system is not only to encourage the desire to invent and create a new thing by heavily protecting inventors or creators through effortful contrivance but to reap the reward for efforts through the monopolistic right or the exclusive right. But if intellectual property is limited in its use and competition due to its excessive protection, it comes to run counter to the original intent and purpose of the intellectual property right system. The latter becomes one reason for shortening the period of protecting the program copyright, In addition, in case of the computer program the range of its right as the patent should be scaled down as much as possible and excluded in consideration of its characteristics and the existence of laws and regulations for its protection. It is thought that it is the best policy to streamline the procedures and costs for translating it into a right, reap the effect of maximum economic profit and provide for the legal system that can thoroughly protect it from intrusion. Out reality is not so. In summary, the current situation is that the legal system for the intellectual property right does not catch up with the need for and importance of the intellectual property right as previously mentioned. Therefore, it is thought that in relation to it, it is urgent to reorganize and provide for the legal system for a new intellectual property right that has newly been formed or will be formed, including all the problems in the Copyright Law which has been raised as the pending problem and become debated. On the one hand, people have a poor knowledge of the concept of intellectual property right, or its protection and its intrusion. Therefore, whenever the dispute over the intellectual property right occurs, it depends on litigation rather than settlement through mutual agreement, In some respect, it can be said that it is extremely normal. The patent court on litigation for intellectual property right must be the special court, In such a sense, it is thought that the concentration of jurisdiction should be achieved. Recently, it has recently been publicly argued that ADR should be applied to the settlement of the dispute over the intellectual property right. So it is thought that an examination over it should actively be made in the future. In conclusion, the protection of the intellectual property right is not unconditional protection of developers or inventors but should be premised on the given degree of contribution to national industry and cultural development in the intellectual property right, Its excessive protection of intellectual property may limit its use and dwindle free competition because of it. On the other hand, it should not be overlooked that another development or creation may be made through its application. Therefore, it is necessary to improve the system related to intellectual property, taking into consideration both the private interest of the intellectual property holder and the public interest of national development.

온라인 전시회 주최자의 책임과 지식재산 보호 방안

전성태,정수연 인하대학교 법학연구소 2022 IP & Data 法 Vol.2 No.2

전시 산업은 전 세계적인 코로나 감염병의 유행으로 비대면 형태인 온라인 전시회로 추세가 변화하고 있다. 특히 국가 간 이동이 제한되고 있어 해외 고객과의 물리적 접근이 어렵기 때문에 온라인 전시회는 더욱 수요가 증대하고 있는 상황이다. 온라인 전시회가 증가하고 있는 상황에서 온라인상에 출품되는 다양한 제품 등에 타인의 특허권, 상표권, 디자인권을 비롯하여 저작권에 이르기 까지 다양한 지식재산권 침해 문제가 발생할 수 있다. 온라인 전시회에 참가하는 온라인 전시회 주최자와 전시 참가업체는 자신의 지식재산을 보호하고, 타인의 지식재산을 침해하지 않도록 주의를 기울여야 한다. 운영자의 플랫폼에서 지식재산 침해가 많이 발생하거나 분쟁이 지속될 경우에는 해당 전시회의 명성이나 운영에도 악영향을 준다. 이 점은 참가업체에게도 마찬가지이다. 자사의 지식재산권 침해를 방지하지 못하거나 타사의 지식재산권을 침해한 것으로 판명된다면 자사의 명성이 훼손되어 해외 진출이나 제품 생산에도 차질이 생기기 마련이다. 온라인 전시회에 참가하는 각 주체는 지식재산 보호에 만전을 기하여야 할 것이다. 이러한 까닭에 지식재산 분쟁 예방을 위하여 적어도 다음과 같은 항목에 대해서는 충분히 체크하여야 할 것이다. 특히 온라인 전시회 주최자는 자신이 개최하는 온라인 전시회에서 지식재산권의 침해가 발생하지 않도록 약관과 지식재산 보호 규정의 마련 등을 통해 전반적인 지식재산 보호 시스템을 구축하는 것이 바람직하다. 본 연구에서는 온라인 전시회 주최자가 온라인 전시회에서 지식재산 보호를 위하여 취해야할 지식재산 보호 및 침해방지 방안에 대하여 살펴보았다. The exhibition industry is changing the trend toward online exhibitions in a non-face-to-face form due to the worldwide epidemic of corona infection. In particular, because movement between countries is restricted and physical access to overseas customers is difficult, demand for online exhibitions is increasing. With the increasing number of online exhibitions, various intellectual property rights infringement problems, including patent rights, trademark rights, design rights, and copyrights of others, may occur in various products exhibited online. Online exhibition organizers and exhibitors participating in online exhibitions should protect their own intellectual property and take care not to infringe on the intellectual property of others. If a lot of intellectual property infringement occurs on the operator's platform or if disputes persist, the reputation or operation of the relevant exhibition will be adversely affected. This is the same for exhibitors. If it is found that the company's intellectual property rights infringement cannot be prevented or it is found that the company's intellectual property rights are infringed, the company's reputation will be damaged, leading to disruptions in overseas expansion or product production. Each entity participating in the online exhibition should make every effort to protect intellectual property. For this reason, in order to prevent intellectual property disputes, at least the following items should be checked sufficiently. In particular, it is desirable for the online exhibition organizer to establish an overall intellectual property protection system through provisions of terms and conditions and intellectual property protection regulations to prevent infringement of intellectual property rights in the online exhibition they are holding. In this study, the online exhibition organizer looked at the intellectual property protection and infringement prevention measures to be taken to protect the intellectual property in the online exhibition.

정보통신법제 상 지식재산권에 관한 특별규정 및 지식재산법제와 정보통신법제의 바람직한 관계에 대한 시론적 검토

이성엽 서울시립대학교 서울시립대학교 법학연구소 2018 서울법학 Vol.26 No.3

The 4th Industrial Revolution which leads to the intelligence information society which improves the problem-solving ability by improving the thinking ability of human and things on the basis of the hyper-connection base and the accumulated data that all objects and humans are connected is accompanied by breakthrough technology innovation. The breakthrough technology innovation that can completely change the life of mankind is a great challenge for intellectual property issues such as patents. In other words, it is necessary to have a flexible approach to expanding the sharing of intellectual property beyond the emphasis on basic rights of intellectual property right in the convergence age as well as understanding and accepting new types of new property such as Big Data and AI. On the other hand, information and communication supports the creation and utilization of knowledge and information, as well as networks that transmit knowledge and information. In addition, it carries out the role of information security and personal information protection for knowledge and information protection In the end, not only does it aim directly at the creation, utilization and protection of intellectual property, but also as a basis for this, the information and communication legislation contributes to the formation and development of the intellectual property legislation. However, the recent trend of information communication, which is leading data-driven innovation created by the combination of data and artificial intelligence in the era of the 4th industrial revolution, focuses on the sharing, opening and utilization of data. There is also the possibility of having a tense relationship with the inherent character of intellectual property rights that seek to exclusively protect intellectual property as a right. As an example of the tension caused by this, the information and communication legislation has a special regulation of the intellectual property legislation by directly stipulating the creation, protection and utilization of intellectual property in several laws such as National Informatization Basic Law, Public Data Provision and Use Law, and Broadcasting Law. It is important to promote continuous creative desire through the flood of knowledge and information brought about by the development of the Internet and information and communication technology. It is also important to spread the fruits of innovation to the all society and induce new innovation through the sharing and utilization of intellectual property. In this regard, the information and communications legislation has already started megatrend of openness, sharing and utilization, but it seems that the intellectual property legislation is still trying to find more concrete rights even in the complicated aspects of technology and services rather than these attempts. In the future, the information communication legislation should play a role as the cornerstone of the intellectual property law system, and the development of the intellectual property legislation should promote the development of information society, information communication industry and information security in our society and ultimately enrich the information communication legislation. This virtuous cycle will be the future direction of the intellectual property legislation and information and communications legislation in the era of th fourth industrial revolution. 모든 사물과 인간이 연결되는 초연결기반과 축적된 데이터를 토대로 인간과 사물의 사고능력이 획기적으로 개선되어 문제해결능력이 제고되는 지능정보사회를 견인하고 있는 4차 산업혁명은 획기적인 기술혁신을 동반한다. 이렇게 인류의 삶을 완전히 바꾸어 놓을 수 있는 획기적 기술혁신은 특허와 같은 지식재산권 보호의 필요성을 증가시키는 것은 물론 지식재산제도상 새로운 이슈를 제기하고 있다. 즉, 빅데이터, AI와 같은 새로운 유형의 신지식재산에 대한 이해와 수용은 물론이고 융합시대에 지식재산권의 기본적 권리성 강조를 넘어서는 지식재산의 공유 확대를 위한 유연한 접근도 필요한 상황이다. 한편 정보통신은 지식, 정보를 전달하는 네트워크는 물론이고 지식, 정보의 창출과 활용을 지원하는 역할을 하고 있다. 그 외에도 정보보안, 개인정보보호 등 다양한 지식, 정보의 보호역할도 직접 수행하고 있다. 결국 지식재산의 창출, 활용, 보호를 직접적으로 목적으로 하는 것은 물론 이를 위한 기반으로서 정보통신법제가 지식재산법제의 형성과 발전에 기여하고 있는 것이다. 다만, 4차 산업혁명 시대, 데이터와 인공지능의 결합이 만들어 내는 데이터 주도 혁신을 주도하고 있는 정보통신의 최근 경향은 데이터의 공유, 개방, 활용에 초점을 맞추고 있어 권리로서 지식재산을 독점적으로 보호하고자 하는 지식재산권의 고유한 성격과 긴장관계를 가질 가능성도 있다. 이로 인한 긴장관계의 사례로서 정보통신법제는 국가정보화기본법, 공공데이터 제공 및 이용에 관한 법률, 방송법 등 몇 가지 법률에서 지식재산 창출, 보호, 활용을 직접적으로 규정함으로써 지식재산법제의 특별규정을 두고 있다. 인터넷과 정보통신기술의 발전이 가져온 지식과 정보의 홍수 그리고 이에 대한 권리화를 통한 지속적인 창작 의욕의 고취만큼 중요한 것이 지식재산의 공유와 활용을 통하여 혁신의 과실을 사회 전반으로 확산시켜 다시금 새로운 혁신을 유도하는 것이다. 이런 점에서 정보통신법제는 이미 개방, 공유, 활용이라는 거대한 흐름을 시작하고 있으나, 아직 지식재산법제는 이런 시도보다는 오히려 기술과 서비스의 복잡한 양상 속에서도 더욱 더 구체적인 권리 찾기를 시도하고 있는 것처럼 보인다. 향후 정보통신법제가 지식재산법제의 주춧돌로서 역할을 하고 반대로 지식재산법제의 발달이 우리 사회의 정보화, 정보통신산업, 정보보안의 발전을 촉진하여 결국 정보통신법제를 풍부히 해주는 역할을 할 수 있어야 할 것이다. 이러한 선순환이 향후 4차 산업혁명시대 지식재산법제와 정보통신법제가 지향할 방향이라고 할 것이다.

빅 데이터 등 새로운 데이터에 대한 지적재산권법 차원의 보호가능성

박준석 한국지식재산학회 2019 産業財産權 Vol.- No.58

전자적 데이터가 가진 정보로서의 가치에 우리가 주목한 것은 오래 전부터이지만, 최근 새롭게 각광받고 있는 빅 데이터는 새로운 시각에서 바라볼 필요가 있다. ‘4차 산업혁명’의 핵심기술인 사물인터넷 기술로 뒷받침을 받아 빅 데이터 작성(집합)이 조만간 폭발적으로 증가할 것이고 빅 데이터 분석의 향방이 우리 일상생활에 엄청난 영향을 미치게 될 것이다. 그런 빅 데이터의 특징 내지 가치에 주목하여, 제외국은 발 빠르게 움직이고 있는데 대표적으로 유럽연합은 ‘데이터 경제’라는 모토 아래 빅 데이터 작성을 촉진하고자 물권적(배타적) 독점권을 부여할지 여부를 검토하는 이른바 ‘데이터 소유권’ 논의를 진행 중이다. 빅 데이터의 또 다른 특징은 그것이 다름 아니라 우리 일상생활에서 거의 모든 데이터를 무차별적으로 집합한 결과물이기 때문에 불가피하게 개인정보를 대거 포함하고 있다는 점이다. 그렇지만 개인정보의 생래적 보유자(개인정보주체)에 대한 기존 보호와 그런 개인정보까지 포함한 빅 데이터의 작성자(집합자)에게 새로 주어질 수 있는 권리는 그 대상이 일부 중복되더라도 충돌하지 않을 수 있다. 지적재산권법의 역사적 경험, 가령 데이터베이스를 작성한 자에게 그 데이터베이스 전체에 대해 부여되는 새로운 보호와 그 데이터베이스 개별구성부분들에 대하여 이미 주어졌던 저작권과 같은 권리보호를 서로 구별하여온 접근법과 엇비슷하게 빅 데이터 작성자에게 주어질 권리보호를 구성하면 되는 것이다. 유럽연합에서 주로 2014년경부터 본격화된 ‘데이터 경제’나 ‘데이터 소유권’ 논의의 진행추이를 살펴보면 물권적 독점권을 빅 데이터에 새로 부여하는 방식에 관해서는 대부분이 부정적 견해를 피력하고 있는 상황이다. 한편 미국의 관련 상황은 한국과 다르게 아직 불법행위로부터의 보호에 그치고 있는 개인정보 보호를 물권적 권리에 가깝게 격상하자는 논의가 비교적 활발할 뿐 개인정보가 아닌 빅 데이터 전반을 물권적 권리로 보호할 지에 관해서는 아직 활발한 논의가 관찰되지 않는다. 개인정보를 포함한 빅 데이터의 바람직한 권리보호방식을 구성하는데 있어 지적재산권 보호에서 얻어진 기존 경험을 유력하게 참고하여야 한다고 주장해온 필자의 입장에서는, 유럽연합의 위 논의가 단지 민법상의 소유권과 비교하는데 그치기보다 지적재산권 법제의 저작권·데이터베이스나 영업비밀 보호를 직접 적용하거나 응용하여 빅 데이터를 보호하는 방법을 적극 검토하기 시작했다는 점을 무척 긍정적으로 평가한다. 무형적이고 비경쟁적인 정보에 대한 보호법제라는 공통점 때문에 지적재산권 법제를 운용한 역사적 경험이 빅 데이터에 대한 새로운 권리부여를 적절히 고민하는데 아주 좋은 참고가 될 수 있다는 맥락에서, 이 글 후반부에서는 우리 지적재산권 법제를 중심으로 차례차례 가장 관련 있거나 도움이 될 만한 지적재산권 법제를 찾아보았다. 그런 과정에서 특허나 저작권에 의한 보호 혹은 저작권과 흡사한 배타적 독점권을 부여하는 데이터베이스 보호는 그런 목적에 부합하기 어렵다는 점, 영업비밀 보호법제는 빅 데이터 보유사업자가 이미 자주 원용하고 있는 방법이지만 빅 데이터를 공개하여 널리 활용되도록 촉진하겠다는 당초 목적에 반할 수 있다는 점 등을 먼저 고찰하였다. 그 다음으로, 우리 지적재산권 법제 중 부정경쟁 ... It has been long since paying attention to the value of electronic data as an information, but it is necessary to look at the big data, which has recently been attracting attention, from a new perspective. Big data creation(aggregation) will increase explosively in the near future with the backbone of the Internet of Things technology which is the core technology toward the ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’ and the direction of the analysis will have a great influence on our everyday life. Paying attention to the characteristic and value of such big data, foreign countries are rapidly responding and especially the European Union, in the motto of ‘Data Economy’, is progressing its discussions about the so-called ‘data ownership’ which examines whether or not to give property(exclusive) rights to promote the more creation of big data. Another feature of big data is that it contains large amounts of personal information inevitably because it is the very indiscriminate collection of almost all the data in our daily life. However, the right to be newly granted to the creator (aggregator) of the big data which includes the personal informations and the already given protection to the inherent holder of such personal information (the data subject) may not conflict even if some of the objects overlap. It is only necessary to configure, apart from the right already given to data subject, the right to be given to big data creators in a deliberate manner similar to the historical experiences of intellectual property law, for example, the experience to differentiate the new protection as a whole database for the person who gathered the whole database from the already given protection to each individual parts of the database. In the European Union, the discussions on Data Economy or Data Ownership, which started in earnest from around 2014, tend to converge toward a roughly negative view on whether to give a new exclusive monopoly right to big data. On the other hand, the related situation of the United States has not shown any meaningful discussion on whether to protect the whole big data, not the personal information, with property right while there has been relatively vivid discussions on whether to elevate the protection for personal information, which is just against illegal activities unlike in the Korea, to the level of semi-property right. From the standpoint of the author who has argued that we should strongly refer to the already existing experiences based on intellectual property protection in constructing a most desirable right protection system for big data including personal information, It is evaluated very positively that the above discussions by the European Union was not just remaining within comparison with the ownership right in the civil law and started to sincerely consider how to directly apply or refer the rules of copyright, database and trade secret protection to new protection system for big data. In the perspective that the historical experiences of the intellectual property law regime is a very good reference to properly designing new protection to big data because the new protection is also dealing with another information which character is intangible and non-rivalrous,, in the latter part of this article, the author tried to find out one by one what would be the most related or helpful intellectual property law among the whole intellectual property laws in Korea. At first, In such finding process, this article analyzed that the protection system of patent or copyright and sui-generis database protection system is difficult to match with our purpose while trade secret protection is the very method that many big data business holders already frequently rely on, but it may be against the initial purpose of promoting big data to be widely used. Next, since the Unfair Competition Prevention Act among the whole intellectual property laws has a unique characteristic that it gives only passive protect...

The Effect of Strengthening Intellectual Property Protection on Economy: Should South Korea Strengthen Intellectual Property Protection?

( Se Yeong Im ) 연세대학교 법학연구원 의료·과학기술과 법센터 2010 연세 의료·과학기술과 법 Vol.1 No.2

This study investigates the effect of stronger intellectual property right protection on various industries. The effect of stronger copyright protection on the software industry and the cultural industry was discussed. Also, the effect of stronger patent protection on productivity and FDI was analyzed. The result shows that for the software industry, the effect of stronger intellectual property protection is limited due to alternatives and the advent of a new business model. However, cultural industry will thrive under strong intellectual property protection. Patent protection enhances productivity and increase FDI inflow. Considering that both productivity and FDI promote economic growth, stronger patent protection promotes economic growth. Thus, South Korea should strengthen intellectual property protection.

지적재산권 강화경향과 정보공유와의 관계에 대한 고찰 : 헌법이념상 저작권개념을 중심으로

김종보(Kim Jong-Bo) 부산대학교 법학연구소 2005 법학연구 Vol.46 No.1

Protection of intellectual property rights is an idea applied worldwide today. The purpose of protection of intellectual property rights being development of culture, and the important method of this purpose is giving intellectual-property-rights person a privilege that of the right of exclusive protection. However, today the exclusive right is more strengthened, so the freedom of expression is a risk of shrinking. The freedom of expression is protected by using and copying the earlier creative work freely, and we could create new creative work. But it would be impossible if intellectual property rights would strengthened to the extent that the existing creation thing cannot be used. This paper focus on copyright without considering all kinds of intellectual-property-rights. The reason is that only the essential of intellectual property rights are explained in this paper The constitution does not accept the exclusive control about all information which carried out unrestricted. It is expressed by giving all people the freedom of sharing information. However, it seems obtain people's consent that a creative works could controled exclusively. Because giving some economical motivations about creative works brings the result which raises creation volition. However, the grade and method of the protection about copyright became a problem. So, the problem of accepting exclusive control, and the problem of adjusting the term of the protection are the essential thing of copyright authorization. This study look at whether protection of intellectual property is correctly compromised so that synergy can do a creator's right and a user's right enough today or not. This study does not tend to clarify the problem of a specific intellectual-property-rights law, and does not tend to assert establishment or revision certain specific law. Merely, considering constitutional view, I will see that the beginning of the protection of the copyright owner, and the problem of conflict with other fundamental rights provided constitution, and that what is the desirable method if some problem occur. For this reason, I observe what is copyright, and what occurrence circumstance bring copyright. Here I look the history of copyright, and then search the history of Korean copyright law and American copyright law briefly. Then, for comprehension of intellectual property rights that is growing based on traditional property right theory, this paper would research the making and processing history of property-rights. And on this basic comprehension, this paper would explain the position of copyright that a kind of property right. How does the South Korean constitution understand copyright? We obtain this answer through the study of constitution text that include information conception. The last, I would indicate a right way to understand copyright through saying the constitutional meaning of the term of copyright protection, and searching how much the P2P(peer-to-peer) service interrupt the copyright. In addition, we will regard whether 'free-use' is a beneficial means to help information sharing or not.

연구논문 : 한국에서의 TRIPs 협약의 효과와 국제거래의 증진을 위한 지식재산권 보호 방안

김성진 ( Sung Jin Kim ) 단국대학교 법학연구소 2015 법학논총 Vol.39 No.3

정보화 시대의 도래, 지식 기반 사회의 운영 및 시장의 세계화는 지식재산권의 필요성을 증대시키고 있다. 지식재산권 보호가 없다면 창조적인 노력을 기우려야할 인센티브가 약해질 것이다. 미국을 비롯한 선진 국가들과의 통상마찰의 상황에서 국제 경제활동 증가와 국내 산업 보호에 대한 수요가 한국의 지식재산권 보호를 장려하는 환경을 만들어 내어 지식재산권 정책에 관한 한국의 관심을 고무시키고 있다. 한국이 비록 지식재산권 보호를 증대하려고 노력하였지만, 국제적인 지식재산권 보호 기준에 여전히 미치지 못한다는 비난에서 자유로울 수 없다. 미국의 영향 아래에서 세계무역기구는 TRIPs 협약을 제정하여 지식재산권보호를 위한 기본적인 기준을 마련하였다. TRIPs 협약은 지식재산권 보호에 있어서 국제무대뿐만 아니라 한국에도 큰 영향을 미치고 있다. 이 글은 한국에서의 TRIPs 협약의 효과 및 지식재산권 보호에 관한 문제점을 논의한 후에 지식재산권 보호 방안을 제안한다. 구체적으로, 제2장은 세계무역기구의 TRIPs 협약을 전체적으로 검토한다. 제3장에서는 한국의 지식재산권 보호 관련 법과 정책을 살펴본 후에 이에 관한 주요 문제점을 논의한다. 제4장에서 한국의 경제발전에 혜택을 줄 수 있는 지식재산권 보호 방안을 제안한다. 마지막 제5장에서 이상의 논의를 바탕으로 결론을 내리기로 한다. 한국에서의 지식재산권 보호에 관한 문제점을 해결하기 위해서는 TRIPs 협약만으로 충분하지 않다. 미국을 포함한 선진국들은 강제력을 동원한 무역보복조치보다는 교육을 통해 지식재산권 보호의 중요성을 대중들에게 인식할 수 있는 정책을 펼칠 수 있도록 한국을 도와주어야 할 것이다. 또한 한국정부는 지재지산권의 침해를 효과적으로 제재할 수 있는 수단을 마련하고 TRIPs 협약을 포함한 국제적 기준에 부합할 수 있는 법률의 개정을 단행하여야한다. 결국 지식재산권 보호를 위한 충분하고 전문적인 관리제도가마련되면 국제거래가 증진되어 한국뿐만 아니라 세계의 경제발전에 긍정적인 역할을 할 수 있다고 사료된다. The rise of the information age, driven by a knowledge-based society, and globalization of the marketplace has necessitated the need for IPRs. Without intellectual property protection, incentives to engage in certain types of creative endeavors would be weakened. With the trade conflict with advanced countries including the United States, South Korea’s concern for intellectual property policy has been stimulated while increase in international economic activities and demand for domestic industry protection has created an encouraging environment for protection of intellectual property rights in South Korea. Although South Korea has tried to promote IPR protection, South Korea still suffers from international criticism on its lack of commitment to international IPR standards. Under the American influence, the World Trade Organization Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights established basic standards of intellectual property protection. The TRIPs Agreement has been and continues to impact on IPR not only in international arena, but also in South Korea. This article reviews the effect of TRIPs Agreement and IP protection problems in South Korea, and proposes possible solutions to solve those problems. In detail, chapter II overviews WTO’s TRIPs Agreement. Chapter III explores intellectual property law and policies in South Korea, and then addresses primary problems of IP protection in South Korea. Chapter IV suggested possible solutions in order for intellectual property to be beneficial for economic development of South Korea. Lastly, chapter V concludes based on the above discussion. To solve IP protection problems in South Korea, the TRIPs Agreement alone is not enough source to force it. The United States and other advanced nations should help Korean government to educate Korean society about the significance of intellectual property protection. In addition, the government of South Korea must establish adequate system to effectively prevent IP violation, and revise laws in compliance with international standards, including the standards set the TRIPs Agreement. Ultimately, sufficient and skillful management for the protection of IPRs would promote international trade and play the positive role in economic growth.

미국 특허법 개혁과 지식재산 정책에 관한 연구

金元俊(Won-Joon Kim) 한국기업법학회 2012 企業法硏究 Vol.26 No.4

This article analyzes technological competitiveness of Korea in light of recent patent infringements between international and U. S. patents, and describes a reform of the U. S. patent law. Next, the U. S.’s pro-patent policy and 21st century intellectual property strategies which are having a large effect on Korean enterprises are examined. In addition, the legal opportunity to revise the patent law with the implementation of the Korea-U. S. FTA is scrutinized. After the taking effect of the WTO/TRIPs treaty on January 1st, 1995, trade and intellectual property became even more closely connected than before. When products and services are transported between countries, the intellectual property rights also are moved and consequently it is possible for there to arise intellectual property right conflicts between trade partners. The United States, which leads the globalization of intellectual property rights, has been implementing a pro-patent policy since the 1980s, and it is forecasted that the U. S. will continue to keep the pro-patent policy focused on the protection of intellectual rights because patents are critical to the U. S. economy and it is advantageous to U. S. economy policy to protect various intellectual property rights, such as important new drugs or the newest software technology. The strategy of the U. S.’s approach to intellectual property in the 21st century is focused on optimizing patent quality, trademark quality and their processing time; in addition, it seeks to internationally protect and strengthen intellectual property. When the revised patent law signed by the U. S. president takes effect on September 16th, 2011, the U. S. is going to bring an end to its long-standing policy of abiding by the first to invent rule and will employ the first to file rule. Not only the U. S. but also the European developed countries, China and Japan are aggressively promoting policies that protect intellectual rights in order to meet the demands of the global economy. In particular, the pro-patent policy of the U. S. and the revised patent law are able to change the global environment of intellectual property rights and also directly affect Korean enterprises operating in the U. S. It is necessary to stay focused on protecting intellectual property rights and managing them in order to leverage the technical ability of Korean enterprises in the global market. To effectively cope with the aggressive patents of U. S. enterprises, it is required to secure expertise in patent lawsuits and establish an advanced dispute settlement system that promotes an expeditious trial process. In addition, it is necessary to understand the revised U. S. patent law and intellectual property policy. Based on this study of U. S. intellectual property policy, Korean enterprises should put a great deal of effort into preparing effective methods for dealing with patent infringement suits with U. S. enterprises.

사이버영업과 지적재산권

朴眞雅 한국지식재산학회 2004 産業財産權 Vol.- No.16

The purpose of this Article is to review intellectual property problems of cyberspace business such as cyber-contents provision business, online service provision business, and cyber shopping mall and to present the future tasks in relation to intellectual property problems in cyberspace business. In Chapter 1, the purpose and scope of the research are explained. In Chapter 2, the concept and feature of cyberspace business are defined and the types of cyber business are classified. In Chapter 3, common problems of intellectual property for all cyberspace business classified above are reviewed. In Chapter 4, inherent problems of intellectual property for the cyber-contents provision business are reviewed. In Chapter 5, inherent or sole problems of intellectual property for the online service provision business are reviewed. In Chapter 6, inherent problems of intellectual property for the cyber shopping mall business are reviewed. The cyber merchants who carry on cyberspace business should pay attention (ⅰ) whether any parts of their website are protected as intellectual property and (ⅱ) whether any parts of their website or any behaviors in managing the website pirate any other person's intellectual property. Traditional intellectual property protection in cyberspace is confronted with limitations and a way to overcome the problems is much sought. To resolve intellectual property problem in cyberspace, we should create independent cyber IP system, not just to amend traditional intellectual property system. Under the new system, we should give content providers protection that stimulates the creation of new works in order to develop cyber business such as portal business, digital contents business and game business which Korea has more competitive power than other countries. In addition, an establishment of intellectual property management mechanism and the intellectual property exchange is required in order that online OSP can use intellectual property comfortably. I think that a prompt establishment of independent laws and systems in relation to intellectual property in Cyberspace enables to create an environment more conductive to cyber business.

지식재산권의 헌법적 의미와 국가의 책무

장인호 원광대학교 법학연구소 2014 圓光法學 Vol.30 No.3

Today advances in technology pose new security challenges for nations and people that rely on intellectual property. And many countries pledged to work closely on intellectual property protection. Furthermore Organized crime is increasingly involved in the piracy of intellectual property. Therefore Intellectual property law is becoming a key issue for policy makers and businesses. The political battle over intellectual property is waged, among other places, in the council of the World Intellectual Property Organization. World Intellectual Property Organization try to protect the Intellectual property refers to creations of the mind, such as inventions; literary and artistic works; designs; and symbols, names and images used in commerce. intellectual property rights are the legally recognized exclusive rights to creations of the mind. Above all, intellectual property right is the fundamental right of the Constitution because knowledge is an important moral asset. Under intellectual property law like 「Contents Industries Promotion Act」·「Patent Law」·「Trademark Law」·「Design Protection Law」etc., owners of intellectual property are granted certain exclusive rights to a variety of intangible assets, such as musical, literary, and artistic works; discoveries and inventions; and words, phrases, symbols, and designs. Government should protect the intellectual property right. Therefore, this study is aimed at researching to the significance and meaning of intellectual property right of the Constitution.