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KIPO’s Policies on IP Marketplace
Choongjae LeeIntellectual Property Promotion Division
KIPO (Korean Intellectual Property Office)
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Contents
1. Overview of KIPO’s IP Policies
2. Background of IP Marketplace in Korea
3. KIPO’s Policies on IP Transfer and Commercialization
4. Future Plans of KIPO
Introduction of KIPO
Management of patents, utility models, trademarks, and designs
Affairs of Patent Examination & Trial, Creation, Use and Protection of IPRs
Staff of about 1,500
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Overview of KIPO’s IP Policies
IP Creation
• Providing infra-structure for ‘strong’ IP creation• Making R&D ef-fective through the systematic use of IP information
IP Utilization
•IP Transfer•IP Com-mercializa-tion
IP Protection
•Quality-focused examination•Crackdown on the distribution of counterfeits•Protection of trade secrets
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KIPO’s budget for IP Policy of 2012(Total 222 billion KRW)
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Examination; 2012; 53; 31%
IP Creation; 2012; 96.9; 56%
IP Utilization; 2012; 9.7; 6%
IP Protection; 2012; 12.4; 7%
2012
Examination IP Creation IP Utilization IP Protection
KIPO’s Budget for IP Policy of 2012(Total 222 billion KRW)
Examination & Trial44.1 (2010) 53.0 (2012) 20. 1% increase
IP Creation92.8 (2010) 96.9 (2012)4.5% increase
IP Utilization8.1 (2011) 9.7 (2012)19.8% increase
IP Protection10.6 (2011) 12.4 (2012)16.5% increase
Unit: Billion KRW
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Structure of IP Marketplace
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IP Marketplace
Transfer Intermediaries
IP Evaluation IP Finance
IP Suppliers IP Demanders
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Status of Korea’s IP Marketplace
• Number of Technology Transfer Intermediaries in 2011: 59 (public: 22, private: 37)
• Number of IP Evaluation Institutes in 2011: 9• Estimated No. of technology transfers through
the intermediaries in 2010: About 1,000 • Estimated amounts of transfer through the
intermediaries in 2010: 40 billion KRW
Background for IP Marketplace in Korea
• The rate of technology transfer from public research institutes.– It is low compared to the USA, and EU.* USA 26.4%, EU 33.5%, Canada 36.0% in 2010
* Ministry of Knowledge Economy
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2008 2009 2010No. of
transfer 3,212 3,468 4,259
Rate of transfer
(%)22.2 22.7 23.1
Royalty(billion KRW)
128.8 101.7 124.5
Background for IP Marketplace in Korea
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• Only a minority of patented technologies are commercialized.– In 2010, 56.5% of patents were commercialized in
companies.– 30.3% of patents were commercialized in
universities and public research institute. (2010, Korea Institute of Intellectual Property)
Background for IP Marketplace in Korea
• SMEs’ obstacle against commercialization of IP (2010, Korea Institute of Intellectual Property)
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Shortage of Fund35%
Lack of Manpower33%
Marketing & Sales
17%
Others; 판매 ; 14.5;
14%
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Process of IP Transfer & Commercialization
Idea
IP(patents)
Prototype
Fi-nancingProduction
Marketing
Sales
Licensing
KIPO
Examination Registration
Manufacture of prototypeIP-Mart
IP Evaluation ConsultingManagement of IP
Operation of IP-Mart• Online IP-Mart
– Online IP-Mart promotes the transfer of IP by connecting suppliers with demanders.
– Anybody can search online for a desired technology in the website containing a database of 57,000 patents.
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Establishment of the IP Evaluation System
• Automatic Evaluation System: “SMART” (Systematic Measuring And Rating patent of Technology)
• Developed from Jun 2009 to Dec 2010– Developing cost: 1.8 billion KRW
• Show the evaluation results by 9 grades– ex) AAA, AA, A, BBB, BB, …, C– For technology, IP right and market
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Support for Manufacture of Prototype
• Support for making a prototype of a patent
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1st Step•3D design by Com-puter Graphic
2nd Step•Manufacturing a prototype•Simulation•Actual Design
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Promotion of the Use of the State-owned Patents
• Government-owned patents that have been idle for 3 years following registration may be used by anyone.– For 3 years without charge
• KIPO will entrust government-owned patents to private IP transfer intermediaries for transfer and commercialization.
Future Plans
• Framework Act on Intellectual Property (May 19, 2011)– To promote IP creation, protection and utilization, and
to provide infrastructure thereof– Start of Presidential Council on Intellectual Property
(July, 2011)• Providing total services for transfer,
commercialization and marketing– Demander-oriented customized services
• Fostering the IP Services Business20