SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The top court finalized a three-year prison term for a former head of a mid-size technology firm Thursday for leaking Samsung Display Co.’s edge panel technology to Chinese companies in 2018. The edge panel technology, also known as 3D lamination technology, is used for making curved screen edges for [...]
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean Intellectual Property Office on Wednesday unveiled a series of measures to address the increasing damages faced by domestic companies due to technology theft and leaks. These measures aim to strengthen the roles of the patent office’s administrative investigation, dispute mediation, and collaboration with technology police, with the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 110 trade secrets from South Korean businesses and institutions have been leaked to overseas rivals over the past five years, data showed Friday, with the semiconductor and display industries being the primary targets. The number of trade secrets stolen from South Korean firms from January 2016 to [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Police authorities have apprehended Korean and Chinese nationals who accepted large sums of money in exchange for providing Chinese companies with information on advanced technology. An international criminal investigation team at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency announced yesterday that a 57-year-old individual referred to only as Ryu was arrested [...]