The ceremony to commemorate the 48th Korea Invention Day, hosted by the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO, Commissioner Kim Young-min) and organized by the Korea Invention Promotion Association (Chairman Kim Gwang-lim), was held in the Grand Ballroom of the 63 Building, on May 15. The ce...

- Information service customized to local environment for IPRs, patents - The Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO, Commissioner Kim Young-min) will hold a tour for briefings on the patent system in May, the ¡°Month of Invention.¡± The purpose of the briefings is to answer questions on patents...

The Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO, Commissioner Kim Young-min) announced that it will provide Nepal with appropriate technology to improve the insulation effectiveness in bamboo housing as part of the appropriate technology project, which utilizes patented technology. ¡Ø Appropriate Tec...

The Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO, Commissioner Kim Young-min) signed a working agreement for the IP expertise sharing project at Daejeon Convention Center on April 17th along with the Federation of Korean Industries, the Korea Patent Attorneys Association, Samsung Electronics Co., Kim &...

The Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO, Commissioner Young-min Kim) announced that young people wishing to start their careers in the IP field will have the chance to work in SMEs through a training course for fostering IP management manpower. This course is designed for university gradu...

The Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO, Commissioner Young-min Kim), along with 17 local governments, held the 1st Regional IP Policy Meeting at Daejeon Government Complex on April 11. The purpose of this meeting was to develop regional IP polices and seek measures to diffuse new IP policies....

The Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO, Commissioner Young-min Kim), Korea Army (Chief of Staff, General Jung-hwanCho), Korea Air Force (Chief of Staff, General Ilhwan Sung), and the Korea Patent Attorneys Association (President Dong-yeol Yun) signed a ¡°Working agreement for the building of a...

The Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO, Commissioner Kim Young-min) will implement a ¡°system for certifying excellent companies who offer compensation for work-related inventions¡± starting April 1, 2013. The system will provide incentives for companies¡¯ participation in government supported p...

- 2013 Campus Patent Strategy Universiade to open - The Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO, Commissioner Kim Young-min) will be accepting applications to participate in its annual ¡°Campus Patent Strategy Universiade¡± for Korean university students from March 25 to April 30. This year¡¯s uni...

The Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO, Commissioner Young-min Kim) is currently conducting a project aimed at sharing the technology of public organizations by bundling individual patents held by universities and public research institutes and transferring them to companies in need. The proj...