Recent Developments in IP Enforcement in Korea

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Recent Developments in IP Enforcement in Korea AIPPI Forum 2007 Session I October 5, 2007 Raffles City Convention Center, Singapore Casey Kook-Chan An

Statutory Regime for IP Protection AIPPI-KOREA

Statutory Regime for IP Protection Industrial Property Rights Patent Act Utility Model Act Design Act Trademark Act Copyright Copyright Act Computer Program Protection Act 2 AIPPI-KOREA

Statutory Regime for IP Protection Others Unfair Competition Prevention & Trade Secret Protection Act (trade secret: 1991) Semiconductor Chip Layout Design Act (1992) Seed Industry Act (1995) Acts on Development of Online Digital Contents Industry (2002) 3 AIPPI-KOREA

Korean Court System AIPPI-KOREA

Korean Court System Supreme Court Patent Court High Court Intellectual Property Tribunal District Court Infringement -Civil -Criminal Validity Issues (Mainly) Patent, UM, TM, Design Infringement Issues (Mainly) 5 AIPPI-KOREA

Intellectual Property Tribunal located in Daejeon (where KIPO is seated) Structure 11 Tribunals (a total of 85 trial examiners) Jurisdiction & Review Invalidation, Cancellation, Correction of Patent, Review of KIPO decisions Ex-Officio Examination Procedure Exchange of briefs Expedited review may be possible (e.g., pending litigation) Oral hearings may be held 6 AIPPI-KOREA

Patent Court located in Daejeon, est. 1998 Structure 4 Tribunals (4 presiding judges; a total of 16 judges) 17 Technical Examiners (usually former KIPO examiners) Jurisdiction & Review Decisions by the IPT De Novo Procedure Exchange of briefs Series of hearings at 3-4 weeks interval 7 AIPPI-KOREA

Prerequisite for Technical Examiners Five years as KIPO examiner/ IPT trial examiner Seven years as Government official in relevant technical field M.S./M.E. degree + 10 year experience Ph.D. in science/technology Patent attorney/attorney-at-law with B.S./B.E. degree 8 AIPPI-KOREA

District Court 18 District Courts (+42 Branch Courts) Seoul Central IP Panels : 11th, 12th & 13th Civ. Div. Two Technical Assistants Jurisdiction & Review Civil and criminal enforcements NO pretrial discovery, no jury Procedure Exchange of briefs Series of hearings at 3-4 weeks interval 9 AIPPI-KOREA

High Court Five High Courts Seoul H. Ct. IP Panels : 4th & 5th Civ. Div. Jurisdiction & Review Appeal of decisions by Dist. Ct. De Novo Procedure Exchange of briefs Series of hearings at 3-4 weeks interval 10 AIPPI-KOREA

Supreme Court Structure 1 Chief Justice and 12 Justices 9 Assistant IP Judges & 3 Technical Examiners Jurisdiction & Review Decisions of Patent Court and High Courts Only questions of law (no facts) Procedure More and more "summary dismissals" No oral hearings 11 AIPPI-KOREA

Remedies AIPPI-KOREA

Remedies Civil Remedies Criminal Remedies Administrative Remedies 13 AIPPI-KOREA

Preliminary Injunction Civil Remedies Permanent Injunction Damages actual damages infringer s profits reasonable royalties patentee s profit rate x infringer s sales volume court s discretion no willful or punitive damages 14 AIPPI-KOREA

Criminal Remedies Punishment Complaint Patent, UM, Design 7 yr, USD 105K Patent Holder or Exclusive Licensee Trademark Same as above Not required Copyright 5 yr, USD 52K Not required Trade secret 7 yr, 10 x profit gained Not required 15 AIPPI-KOREA

IC Layout Design Criminal Remedies 3 yr, USD 52K New seed variety 5 yr, USD 31K (complaint required) Digital Contents 1 yr, USD 21K (complaint required) 16 AIPPI-KOREA

Administrative Remedies Korean Trade Commission Act on the Investigation of Unfair Trade Practices and Remedies against Injury of Domestic Injury (2001) Unfair Trade Practices include: import, export, or manufacture therefor of products which infringe IPR 17 AIPPI-KOREA

Petitioner Administrative Remedies any interested party petition must be filed within one year from infringement KTC shall determine whether or not to commence investigation within 30 days 18 AIPPI-KOREA

Administrative Remedies KTC Remedies provisional measures: injunction or other measures to prevent injury corrective measures: suspension of imports, exports, sales, and/or manufacture; blocking of customs clearance; or destruction of infringing goods monetary penalties: based on transaction amount (e.g. 30% of such amount) 19 AIPPI-KOREA

Future of IP Enforcement in Korea AIPPI-KOREA

Casey Kook-Chan An Kim & Chang, Seoul, Korea Telephone: + 82-2-3703-1207 E-Mail: kcan@ip.kimchang.com

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