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The recent collaboration between Giorgio Armani
and Mercedes-Benz in the development of automobile
interiors was the latest example of the increasing
levels of cooperation between manufacturers and
design companies in creating innovative and stylish
products. As designs and brands increasingly rival
function and quality in the eyes of consumers when
choosing products such as televisions, cellular
phones and automobiles, many companies have accelerated
their ¡°design management¡± processes in order to
stay competitive in a rapidly expanding global market.
As the emphasis on design grows, however, the problem
of infringement poses serious issues for both domestic
and international companies.
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KIPO has started to operate an anticounterfeiting
reward system from the beginning of January 2006.
This system, which was originally suggested by the
EUCCK, provides rewards up to 10 million KRW to
those individuals, who report counterfeit goods
to KIPO, police, or prosecutors.
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Novartis
Gets Lukewarm Reply from MOJ
Novartis of Switzerland, a multinational pharmaceutical
company, has recently sent a letter through Korean Ministry
of Foreign Affairs and Trade, protesting that Korean pharmaceutical
companies are steadily infringing on the intellectual
property rights to the drugs, but the attitudes of Korean
judicial authorities are lukewarm, not clear-cut.
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Important
Judgments Bulletin Board Gains Popularity
For the first time among the courts in Korea, the Patent
Court of Korea has opened its written judgments on the
homepage, thus gaining popularity not only from civil
petitioners but also from related business circles. In
case of patent litigation, the possibility of infringing
privacy is not so high. However, its ripple effect on
the ordinary companies, intellectual property office,
and patent attorneys are significant.
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Copyright
Bill Sparks Protest
A move by lawmakers to strengthen
copyright protection of Internet-based material has touched
off a heated debate on whether content providers should
be allowed direct control over what customers can do with
their products.
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The IPR Committee
has reviewed all the proposals by law firms to become the cost-efficient legal service for the committee members. Currently the one proposal deemed best by the
reviewers is under final checking
process. If the offer is seen as high quality and cost-
efficient, the IPR Committee will then proceed with the
MOU drafting and signing to start operating
the service as soon as possible.
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Vice Commissioner of KCS, Mr. Park Chin-heon, met with
Vice Commissioner of Hong Kong Customs, Mr. Wong Sau-pui
at the 26th Korea-Hong Kong Customs Cooperation Meeting
held in Jeju, to discuss issues of mutual interest such
as smuggling control and protection of intellectual property
rights.
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Recently many high-tech producing companies,
such as next-generation mobile communication technology
and digital multimedia broadcasting enterprises, have
frequently faced with international patent disputes. KIPO
has prepared for response measures to these problems in
an effort to strengthen Korean companies¡¯ competitiveness
in the international patent disputes.
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To maintain the integrity of and strengthen consumers'
confidence in auctioning on the Internet, Hong Kong Customs,
in collaboration with four local auction sites, namely,
Yahoo! HK, Go2HK, red-dots and e-Bay, have implemented
the "E-auctioning with Integrity" Scheme. Various
intellectual rights owners have also participated in the
Scheme.
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Ferragamo¡¯s
History Connects IP and Creativity
Since Ferragamo¡¯s establishment way back in 1927 as a
small footware company in Florence, Italy, Mr. Salvatore
Ferragamo placed great importance on intellectual property
and its links with creativity.
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Study
on Patents in the Service Industries
The Fraunhofer Institute of Systems and Innovation Research
was commissioned by the European Commission (EC) to undertake
the study on patents in the service industries. The institute
found out that service companies are not yet fully utilizing
the official protection systems of the intellectual property,
instead many of them still refer only to keeping things
secret in maintaining their innovative advantage.
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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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Korean
Intellectual Property Office (KIPO)
Looking
for Enforcement Power
First we appreciate the EUCCK¡¯s constructive criticism
regarding IPR matters. We take into consideration all of your
comments and try to improve the areas that are seen to be
a barrier in doing business for the foreign enterprises in
Korea. We value your ideas and comments and hope to cooperate
more closely in the future. We especially would like to increase
further cooperation with the EUCCK to make better use of the
¡®IPR Leadership Training Program
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The Red Devils, the supporters
club of Korea¡¯s national football team, will release an
official T-shirt to replace the unofficial one sported
by fans since 2002 and secure exclusive rights to the
merchandise. It hopes fans will embrace the new slogan
¡°Reds, Go Together¡± instead of ¡°Be the Reds,¡± which adorns
the old T-shirt for which the club was unable to get copyright,
making billions for makers of knock-off brands. The new
shirts are copyrighted and will be exclusively sold through
the casual clothing brand Basic House.
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