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As active EUCCK IPR Committee members have already
noticed, the EUCCK has been lately very active in
developing the Committee¡¯s services for the coming
year 2006. The recent expansion of the Committee¡¯s
activities to the new business sectors is naturally
demanding a wider variety of services. With new
members joining, or likely to join, the IPR Committee
from industries such as software, alcoholic beverages,
pharmaceuticals, automotive spare parts, tobacco,
and certification services the Committee looks very
positively towards the year 2006.
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The 2004 European Union statistics show a 12 percent
increase in the value of seized counterfeit goods
over 2003. However, in the food sector, seizures
of counterfeit foodstuff, drinks and alcohol increased
by staggering 200 percent over 2003. This partly
explains the total increase of 1000 percent over
1998. Newest WIPO Magazine
runs an interesting story about Swiss food giant
Nestle¡¯s efforts in fighting
IPR infringement.
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Korea
overtakes Netherlands in PCT Applications
Korea has moved to 6th place in the amount of international
patent applications, PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty),
even faster than predictions suggested. Korea surpassed
Netherlands already in the end of October in the list
of world¡¯s most active patent appliers per year. The growth
rate of PCT applications for Korea has been stunning since
2003.
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WIPO
and KIPO Develop IP Panorama
The Intellectual Property Panorama is a new, user-friendly
and business oriented multimedia product that is currently
being developed jointly by the World Intellectual Property
Organization (WIPO) and the Korean Intellectual Property
Office (KIPO), with the technical assistance of the Korea
Invention Promotion Association (KIPA). It will comprise
of 10 modules, each of 30 to 40 minutes duration. So far,
the first overview module, IP
Panorama 01, is available.
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Korea,
China, and Japan Prepare for ¡®Northeast Asia Patent Community¡¯
Korea, China, and Japan prepare for the establishment
of ¡°Northeast Asia Patent Community¡± in an effort to mutually
accept the patent examination results of each nation.
On December 1, KIPO said that three nations had the 5th
¡°Korea China Japan Commissioner Meeting¡± at the International
Intellectual Education Center in Daejeon, and agreed on
laying a foundation for Northeast Asia Patent Community,
in order to facilitate the patent examination of applications
between three nations.
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The
Intellectual Property Tribunal Is Stimulating Oral Hearings
Recent statistics reveal that the Intellectual Property
Tribunal of Korea (IPT, President Kim, Gi-hyo) is stimulating
oral hearings. According to the IPT, while oral hearings
were slightly increased from 89 cases in 2003 to 98 cases
in 2004, this year has witnessed a significant increase
to 198 cases by September.
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The EUCCK IPR Committee welcomes Adidas as new board member.
The world famous sports brand sees the IPR Committee as
a positive path in protecting their intellectual property
rights in Korea. Like other brands, Adidas is suffering
of the counterfeits flooding the Korean market and looking
for ways to stop this infringement.
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The EUCCK yearly exercise of Trade Issues & Recommendations
is again here: in fact this year¡¯s deadline for next year¡¯s
booklet has already passed in the end of November and
now also the IPR Committee issues are under editing phase.
Naturally the expansion of the IPR Committee to multitude
of different industries means
that the Trade Issues are also growing rather than diminishing.
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In 1987, KIPO established the Anticounterfeiting Division,
which is exclusively devoted to protecting IPRs.
The division vigorously conducts anticounterfeiting activities
through a joint investigation
team that comprises the police, prosecutors,
customs officers and IP experts of KIPO. As a result of
these activities, last year Korean officials uncovered
623 acts of counterfeiting; these
led to warnings in 425 of the cases and criminal
charges were filed in the other 198 cases. With respect
to legislation, Korea have revised
the Unfair Competition Prevention and
Trade Secret Protection Act to improve our enforcement
of IPRs. In the revision, we reinforced
the protection of trademark rights
in cyberspace by regulating the so-called cyber-squatting.
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WIPO
Host Fashion IP Meeting in Italy
Some 200 representatives from the world¡¯s leading fashion
houses, and government, academic and trade circles, from
40 countries gathered in Caserta, Italy last week to highlight
the importance of the intellectual property (IP) system
in enhancing the competitiveness of small and medium sized
enterprises (SME) in the textile and clothing sectors.
Copyright, industrial designs, trademarks, trade secrets
and patents are key intellectual property tools that are
of great importance to the fashion industry in the knowledge-driven
economy enabling them to compete effectively in domestic
and export markets in the era of increasing globalization
and market integration.
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Business: Sport
Employees
in Korea: more than 300
Major IPR
Counterparts: KCS, SPO, and KNPA
IPR
Committee Representative: Mr. SeonYoung Hwang,
Brand Protection Manager
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Protecting
the Three Stripes
Q: Name
3 major IPR targets Adidas would like to see solved during
2006?
A: 1. To clear out the counterfeits from the
online shopping malls.
2. To reduce the amount of the illegal Offline sellers.
3. To conduct IPR training for government officials to
help them in the important fight against counterfeiters.
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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.
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Scotland Yard, home of the London¡¯s Metropolitan Police,
is arguably the best-known police organization in the
world. In an effort to protect its famous name
from misuse, while at the same time exploring its income
generating potential, the police
force has registered the words Scotland
Yard and Metropolitan Police, together with their logos,
as trademarks with the European
Community Trademark Office. While a
bottle of vintage Yard Rose may not be everyone¡¯s cup
of tea, cuddly Metropolitan Police
teddy bears sell well at the staff gift shop.
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