Counterfeit bolts, bushings, and brackets; well it happens. You just hope that it does not happen in your aircraft, as it did in Convair flight from Oslo to Hamburg in 1989. All 55 people onboard died in the crash, which has become the one to describe the dangers of counterfeit spare parts in the aviation industry. Although it does not occur as often as fake spare parts in the automotive industry, the sudden crash of aircraft somehow has more shocking effect than flaming brakes of Mercedes-Benz. Even the consequences can be as severe in both cases.   Rapid increase in Korean Patent applications to the EU Patent applications for designs to the European Union Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) by Korean and Korean enterprises were observed to increase more than twofold this year when compared with the previous year.   "It's Daejeon" becomes a brand Daejeon city announced on September 19 that its brand slogan “It’s Daejeon” was officially registered as the city’s brand name by KIPO. As a result, Daejeon will have a monopoly of the name for the following 10 years, and it plans to utilize the newly registered name for its distinctive city marketing.   WIPO publishes Index of Patent systems The Index aims at helping users of patent statistics to understand the impact of differences between patent systems on the interpretation of patent statistics.   EUCC China releases position paper The Chamber’s key recommendations concentrate on the following areas: 1) protection of confidential information, 2) Unfair behavior, 3) Enforcement, and 4) Industry specific concerns.       Training Inspectors     The EUCCK member companies are spearheading efforts to protect their own brand items from IPR violation by cooperating with the Korean government in education programs aimed to teach inspectors how to differentiate between genuine and counterfeit items sold in infamous market areas and factories across the country.     IPR issues presented to the European Commission The IPR Committee Chairman, Mr. Peter Thewlis, presented the issues on the Korean IPR front to the Director of External Relations in European Commission (EC), Mr. Richard Wright...     MCT publishes copyright protection cartoons in the Internet Since August 2005 the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (MCT) has been serially publishing cartoons about copyright protection on a big portal websites in an attempt to make the public understand copyright issues in an easy and friendly manner.   KCS exhibition attracted 6,000 visitors This one-week showdown attracted 6,000 visitors to Seoul Customs from consumer organizations, embassies, and IPR interested organizations.   KIPO leads the way in employing scientists Korea Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) has the highest percentage of employment in the fields of science and engineering among different Korean government institutions.     EU-China Intellectual Property Working Group On 14 July 2005 EU and China reached agreement on an IP Working Group...   WIPO Assemblies held in Geneva During the Assemblies WIPO Director General, Dr. Kamil Idris, reported an expansion of WIPO’s services to the private sector, in particular relating to patents and trademarks.   Huawei dominates patents in China China’s largest communication equipment corporation, Huawei, has surpassed 8000 patents registered both in China and worldwide. This number places Huawei in the number one spot in China for patents.   Goldberg: Comparing Asian IP in China, Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea The goal of this paper by Mr. Goldberg is to provide investors, advisors and legal practitioners with a framework to better evaluate and compare China, Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea for potential investment ventures.       Gucci Group Korea     Major Products: High quality luxury fashion goods Major Counterparts in IPR: KCS, KNPA, SPO IPR Committee Participants: Mr. Jason Lee (COO) & Mr. Steve Song     Protecting the Consumers Everyone certainly knows the brand Gucci. After all, this Italian brand is one of those few household names in the luxury product market, which are recognized everywhere and even by those, who do not purchase luxury products. Brand fame like Gucci’s is naturally great for sales, but it also brings alongside a huge problem - counterfeit goods. Especially in the Korean market Gucci copies are readily available in the way, which makes the real Gucci sellers frown.     Intellectual Property Rights Industrielle (IPRI)     IPR Investigators 1. What does IPRI do? l IPRI carries out counterfeit goods identification practices, IPR related infringement investigations and IPR infringement crack down activities. We basically provide services to protect the brand value of the EUCCK IPR Committee members by notifying the Korean government authorities on trademark violations.   Cover Story Safety Endangered News in brief Rapid increase in Korean Patent applications to the EU "It's Daejeon" becomes a brand WIPO publishes Index of Patent systems EUCC China releases position paper IPR Committee News Training Inspectors IPR issues presented to the European Commission Government Flash MCT publishes copyright protection cartoons in the Internet KCS exhibition attracted 6,000 visitors KIPO leads the way in employing scientists Outside Korea EU-China Intellectual Property Working Group WIPO Assemblies held in Geneva Huawei dominates patents in China Goldberg: Comparing Asian IP in China, Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea Member Profile Gucci Group Korea Protecting the Consumers Counterpart Intellectual Property Rights Industrielle (IPRI) IPR Committee coming activities IPR Network Club Night EBO meeting in Brussels EUCCK Trade Issues Working Meeting Did you know? Intelligent tires             IPR Network Club Night EUCCK IPR Committee will host an IPR Network Club night on October 26 that evening with Mr. Thewlis & Mr. Millard taking the leading role. These Network Clubs are maybe the most popular activity of the EUCCK.   EBO meeting in Brussels The Secretary General of EUCCK, Mr. Jean-Jacques Grauhar, will participate European Business Organizations (EBOs) meeting with European Commission Directorate General of Enterprise and Industry in the beginning of November.   EUCCK Trade Issues Working Meeting The Chairmen of different EUCCK Committees and the Committee directors will share their opinions and comments about the 2006 EUCCK Trade Issues & Recommendations in a working meeting on October 12.       Intelligent tires     In the future drivers will be able to take care of tires more easily as the technological development is being stimulated for an intelligent tire that informs its state to a driver or controls itself automatically.   This Newsletter will be free of charge only for the Intellectual Property Rights Committee member companies and for selected EU-officials. Others can subscribe this monthly E-newsletter and the IPR Committee Internet service with an annual fee of 350,000 KRW. You can subscribe by contacting Mr. Antti Niemela of EUCCK at niemela@eucck.org. Please give us your comments about IPR E-newsletter by e-mail niemela@eucck.org.