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Recently, the Korean government is showing great efforts to answer the needs of our trade barrier issues, including the IPR problems the European business community faces, today. The IPR Committee hopes to work more vigorously in 2006 by cooperating with the Korean government to strengthen IPR protection in Korea.
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Those caught infringing on the copyrights of computer programs by illegally copying or distributing them can face up to five years of imprisonment. Previously, the maximum sentence was three years in jail.
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European Business Organization (EBO) Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) meeting will be held in Hanoi, Vietnam on March 16-17, 2006. This meeting is a follow up of the 2nd EBO Regional meeting held in Seoul last year. EBO representatives from Korea, Taiwan, China, Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Thailand, Japan
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The EUCCK IPR Committee has designated Woo Yun Kang Jeong & Han (¡°Woo Yun¡±, ¡°Yul Chon¡± in Korea ) to provide legal assistance to our committee members.
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2006 IPR Committee Activity Plan and the Launching Ceremony of the Legal Services & Counterfeiting Goods Investigation Team
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In commemoration of the 24th International Customs Day, Yun Kap Sung, the Commissioner of the Korea Customs Service (KCS) invited officials from the government and foreign business circle to celebrate International Customs Day and discuss various customs and intellectual property rights related issues on January 25th at the Imperial Palace Hotel, Seoul.
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Korea Customs Service kicked off the ¡®Special Counterfeit Goods Investigations¡¯ (Special Investigations) meeting at the Seoul Customs Service, February 1, 2006. Mr. Dae Bok Lee, the director general of the Investigation Bureau of KCS announced that the special counterfeit goods crackdown operations will be conducted from February 1 to April 30 (Level 1) in major markets and shopping areas across Korea. With 98 task force teams consisted of 446 special agents, the Korean government will investigate bonded warehouses and export related counterfeit goods manufacturing facilities/dealers.
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February 1, 2006, Mr. Jun Sang Woo was appointed as the new Commissioner of the Korea Intellectual Property Office (KIPO). |
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Tobacco companies like PM Korea encourage retailers and consumers to buy tobacco products only from legitimate sources. The EUCCK will work closely with the appropriate authorities to combat counterfeit tobacco products and report any findings to them.
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As the world's 12th largest trading partner, I believe that my fellow Korea Customs Service (KCS) officials will agree with me when I say that the Korean authorities are working harder than ever to promote fair trade, public safety and to answer the needs of the foreign investors in Korea.
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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
Jane Chungmin Yoo
of EUCCK at
eucsc@eucck.org.
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Please give us your comments about IPR
E-newsletter
by e-mail
eucsc@eucck.org. |
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