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Korea Invention Promotion Act
date: 2014-01-31

Chapter 1 General rule 1 article purpose

This law is intended to reward invention, To promote rapid invention, Effective land rights and business, To improve the technical competitiveness of the industry, And then contribute to the development of national economy.

The first 2 article definition

The meanings of the terms used in this Act are as follows:

(1) "invent" Means as "Licensing of inventions" , "Utility model licensing law" , "Design licensing law" The invention of the object of protection, Examination and creation.

(2) "Service invention" Refers to the practitioners, Employee or civil servant of a legal person (Hereafter referred to "Practitioners, etc" ) An invention made in connection with a job, Belongs to the user in nature, Legal person, country, Local self-governing body (Hereafter referred to "User etc" ) Business scope, and, The act of invention belongs to the employee's present or past position of invention. (3) "Individual inventor" It refers to a person who makes an invention other than a service invention.

(4) "Industrial property rights" Refer to "Licensing of inventions" , "Utility model licensing law" , "Design licensing law" or "Trademark law" Stipulation of, Obtain a registered invention license, Utility model concession, Design license and trademark right. (5) "Licensing department" It is responsible for planning related to industrial property among users, Investigation and management of other business departments.

(5) the 2 "Chartered agent for public benefit" It means in Idi 26 article (2) The provisions of this section set up a chartered agent for the public good a chartered agent practicing at a chartered consulting center.

(6) "Industrial property diagnosis" It means to individual inventors, The invention of the user is analyzed comprehensively, Suggest the direction of research and development of the invention or the promotion method of technology introduction, etc.

(7) "Industrial property information" It refers to the process of the exploitation of industrial property rights or the investigation of industrial property rights, Analysis, etc. , in the process of forming the data.

(8) "Industrial property informatization" It means to improve the efficiency of national or private research and development, Support rapid commercialization of research and development results, And they produce it systematically, management, provide, Application of industrial property information. (9) "Industrial property services" It means supporting the creation of industrial property rights, protection, The following services are used: (i) collect, analysis, processing, translation, circulation, Management of industrial property information, Or develop, Build software related to this, Systematic industry (Hereafter referred to "Industrial property information services" )

(ii) "Law of authorized agents" The first 2 Trade specified in the article

(iii) The economic value and technological advantage of industrial property, At a price, level, Scores and so on to evaluate the industry

(iv) intermediary, Mediate the transfer of industrial property rights or the establishment of enforcement rights, Licensing and other industrial property transactions in the industry

(v) Other industries specified by presidential decree

(3) "Industrial property service operator" It refers to those who operate industrial property services.


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