KIPO’s Policies on IP
Marketplace
Choongjae Lee
Intellectual Property Promotion Division
KIPO (Korean Intellectual Property Office)
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
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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
IP
Awareness
IP
Protection
IP
Utilization
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Overview of KIPO’s IP Policies
IP Creation
IP Utilization
• Providing
infrastructure for
‘strong’ IP creation
• Making R&D
effective through
the systematic use
of IP information
• IP Transfer
• IP
Commercialization
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)
2012, IP
Examination
Protection,
2012, IP
12.4, 7%
Utilization, 9.7,
6%
IP Creation
IP Utilization
Chart Title
IP Protection
2012,
Examination,
53, 31%
2012, IP
Creation, 96.9,
56%
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KIPO’s Budget for IP Policy of 2012
(Total 222 billion KRW)
Examination & Trial
IP Creation
44.1 (2010)  53.0 (2012)
92.8 (2010)  96.9 (2012)
20. 1% increase
4.5% increase
Unit: Billion
KRW
IP Utilization
IP Protection
8.1 (2011)  9.7 (2012)
10.6 (2011)  12.4 (2012)
19.8% increase
16.5% increase
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Structure of IP Marketplace
IP Suppliers
Transfer
Intermediaries
IP
Demanders
IP Marketplace
IP Evaluation
IP Finance
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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
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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
2008
2009
2010
No. of
transfer
3,212
3,468
4,259
Rate of
transfer
(%)
22.2
22.7
23.1
Royalty(b
illion
KRW)
128.8
101.7
124.5
* Ministry of Knowledge Economy
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Background for IP Marketplace in
Korea
• 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)
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Background for IP Marketplace in
Korea
• SMEs’ obstacle against commercialization of IP
(2010, Korea Institute of Intellectual Property)
판매,
Others,
14.5, 16%
Shortage of
Fund
35%
Lack of
Manpower
33%
Marketing
& Sales
17%
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Process of IP Transfer &
Commercialization
Licensing
Idea
IP(patents)
Examination
Registration
Financing
Production
Prototype
Manufacture of
prototype
IP-Mart
IP Evaluation
Marketing
Sales
Consulting
Management of IP
KIPO
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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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Operation of Online IP-Mart
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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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Establishment of the IP Evaluation
System
• Sample of evaluation report
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Support for Manufacture of Prototype
• Support for making a prototype of a patent
1st Step
2nd Step
• 3D design by
Computer Graphic
• Manufacturing a
prototype
• Simulation
• Actual Design
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Promotion of the Use of the Stateowned 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.
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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 Business
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