KIPO

Foreword

Overview of the KIPO Administration

Overall Review of the Year 2000

• Applications
• Examinations
• Appeals/Trials

Constant Expansion and Stable Diffusion of Intellectual Property Administrative Information

• The Launch of KIPOnet
• Stabilization and Refinement of the KIPOnet Operation
• International Cooperation in the Field of IP Information Technology

Streamlining KIPO's Administrative Procedures and Operations

• Practice Efficiency in Examination and Appeal/Trial Procedures
• Roles of International Searching Authority and International Preliminary
• Examining Authority under the Patent Cooperation Treaty

Commitment to the Advancement of the IPR Legal System

• Improvement of the Patent and Utility Model Systems
• Revision of Trademark and Industrial Design Laws
• Appeal/Trial System Revisions
• Customer Service Improvements Legal Reform in the Newly-Emerging Technology Fields

IPR Protection and Heightened Enforcement

• Legal Improvement on the IPR Protection System
• Reinforced Anti-Counterfeiting Activities
• Staff Training and Public Awareness Campaigns

Promotion of Invention and Support for its Commercialization

• Deployment of the SME IPR Acquisition Campaign
• Circulation of Patented Technologies
• Assistance for Invention Commercialization
• Trend Research and Utilization of New Technology Development

Strengthened International Cooperation in the Field of IPR

• Multilateral Cooperation
• Bilateral Cooperation

Human Resource Development Activities

• The Major Functions of International Intellectual Property Training Institute (IIPTI)
• The Major Activities of IIPTI
• Training Results and Plans for 2000 and Beyond

A. STATISTICS

B. Organization Chart of KIPO

C. Flow Chart for Examination

D. Intellectual Property Related Organizations & Associations