SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials announced Wednesday that researchers have developed a new engraving technology, using lasers, to prevent counterfeit crimes of expensive goods such as high-end watches or gold. According to senior researcher Noh Ji-whan, by overlapping two separate laser beams, the team was able to [...]
“Counterfeit goods are an inevitable part of economic development but are still like rotten apples. Time is needed to ultimately solve the problem. Counterfeits tend to be most rampant when an economy’s per-capital gross domestic product is at the US$5,000-level. China is going through such a phase that advanced economies like Europe and the United [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Protection measures for Korean brands in challenging intellectual property landscapes including China and ASEAN countries are being prepared, according to the Korean government, which recently announced its comprehensive countermeasures for protecting Korean brands in the global market. According to the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the number of trademark applications [...]