SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s Supreme Court has ruled that the Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation (KICE) violated copyright law by posting exam questions containing literary and artistic works on its website without proper compensation. The court’s decision, made by the Third Division under Justice Noh Jeong-hee, upholds a lower court’s partial [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – In a significant development highlighting the rising legal challenges in the age of artificial intelligence, the Korea Newspaper Association has filed a formal complaint with the Fair Trade Commission against Naver, South Korea’s leading web portal. The complaint accuses Naver of using news content from media outlets without authorization for [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The culture ministry announced Wednesday it will not grant copyright registration to artificial intelligence (AI)-generated content, drawing a clear line on the controversial issue of whether to legally recognize the creativity of such content. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism unveiled the plan as part of a set [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The core copyright industries are playing an increasing role in South Korea, collectively making a growing contribution to the economy. The Korea Copyright Commission released data on Tuesday which revealed that the core copyright industries including broadcasting, performances, and creative work made more contributions to the South Korean economy in [...]
DAEJEON, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korean Intellectual Property Office’s “Chinese Trademark Brokerages Early Warning Service” is providing a big boost to South Korean companies who have struggled from trademark theft. Since its inception last year, the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) has requested the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) of China to run [...]
SEJONG, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Your neighborhood café might be playing a lot less music going forward now that the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has announced amendments to copyright laws. On August 16, the ministry issued a statement saying that revisions to standing copyright regulations had been made and would go into [...]
SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean companies must be better prepared to protect their intellectual property (IP) rights, especially when doing business in China, a report said Wednesday, citing a recent rise in IP-related disputes in China. According to the report from the state-run Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA), the number of IP-related [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – A Seoul appeals court on Tuesday ruled in favor of South Korean fashion brand PLAYNOMORE in a copyright lawsuit filed by Hermès, upsetting a previous ruling in favor of the French luxury brand. The dispute goes back to November 2015 when Hermès filed a lawsuit against the Korean company, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – When it comes to innovation and new business models, free rider problems are among the most discouraging practices in the tech industry. Start-ups and SMEs have complained incessantly that conglomerates snatch away and make illicit use of fresh new ideas originally conceived by bright-minded entrepreneurs, thereby severely damaging their [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s deficit in the trade of intellectual property rights narrowed from a year earlier in the first quarter on the back of a sharp cut in shortfalls from industrial property rights, data showed Wednesday. In the January-March period, South Korea posted a trade deficit of US$780 million in [...]