How a WIPO External Officein the Republic of Korea
Can Benefit the IP World
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IP ServiceWIPO Korea Office as Premier Global IP Service Provider
A WIPO External Office in Korea can provide around-the-clock customized
service not only to Koreans, but also international companies doing
business in Korea.

2. Patent applications by Koreans are consistently the 4th largest in the world, and in 2015, patentapplications totaled 238,015. Concurrently, resident patent applications per 100 billion USD GDP(9,610 in 2015) and per million population (3,305 in 2015) are the 1st in the world respectively.
•A WIPO External Office in Korea can satisfy lots of interests regarding IP protection among stakeholders
in Korea through intensified IP seminars, IP training courses and IP awareness raising programs. Needlessto say, these activities will drive the development of IP systems.
• As Korea is a global market place, many foreign companies will also benefit from the existence of a WIPO
Korea Office. In 2015, the number of non-resident patent applications in Korea was 46,419.

1. As a majority of developed countries are reaching a plateau in terms of PCT applications, Korea
has continued to see a gradual increase. Specifically, in 2015, the number of PCT applications byKorean applicants was 14,626 which was a 11.5% increase in comparison to the year before.
• Korean is the 5th most commonly used language in PCT applications, and it is officially recognized as a
PCT publication language.
• The existence of a WIPO External Office in Korea will allow the promotion of WIPO's global IP services
and the provision of consultations for applicants, which will in turn spur an increase in demand for PCT,
Madrid and Hague system applications.

Patent Applications by Origin (2015)* Source: World Intellectual Property Indicator (WIPO, 2015)

1,010,406

526,296454,285

238,015
174,109

PCT Applications by Country of Origin (2015)

71,66652,64844,45837,02733,786

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Europe58,826(WIPO Headquarter, Geneva)

Trend in Patent Applications by Offices for the TOP5 Offices* Source: WIPO Statistics DatabaseJapan
44,235(WIPO Japan Office, Tokyo)

China (1,101,864)

China
29,846(WIPO Office in China, Beijing)

Korea
14,626

Others
10,833

USA (589,410)
Non-Resident
46,419Japan (318,721)
Korea (213,694)
European PatentOffice (160,028)

Singapore 910 (WIPO Singapore Office, Singapore)

KoreaRussia 792 (WIPO Russia Office, Moscow)
Brazil 547 (WIPO Brazil Office, Rio de Janeiro)

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

Resident
167,275

IP Education

WIPO Korea Office as a Global IP Educator

At the same time, KIPO-WIPO offered Advanced International Certificate Course (AICC) with Korea
Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) since 2010. 641 people from 83 different
countries participated in the IP Panorama online course, and, over the past 6 years, more than 4,100
people from WIPO member states have taken part.

A WIPO External Office in Korea can provide customized online andoffline education courses taught through proven teaching methods, andby qualified instructors, thereby establishing a foundation for the spreadof high quality IP education.

1. Global IP Training Courses
Korea has operated various IP training courses every year. 13 training courses for about 230 people areprovisionally scheduled for the year 2017.

2. Global IP Education Contents
KIPO has produced IP educational content tailored to people in various walks of life. These digital IP
contents are very good tools that provide opportunities for high quality IP education at a lower cost and inless time.
Korea aspires to use our advanced IT know how and skills, and develop more activities in cooperation withWIPO to educate a diverse array of people so as to catalyze advancements to our global IP system.
IP Panorama

IP Ignite“IP Panorama” is an e-learning multimedia toolkit developed jointly“IP Ignite” is an audio-visually enhanced version of WIPO’s DL-101

by KIPO and WIPO to increase IP awareness worldwide. Since its

developed by KIPO with guidance from the WIPO Academy. This allows

launch in 2007, it has been translated into 24 languages.

anyone to learn the fundamentals of IP laws and systems in an easily

Using WIPO’s External Office as a gateway, Korea’s knowledge and experiences that have been gained
through past training programs can be applied to the furthering and enhancing of the IP capabilities ofother countries.
International IP Training Courses for Foreigners at KIPO for 2016
Program

WIPO
Cooperation
Program

KOICA
Cooperation
ProgramCustomized
Program

Total

CourseParticipants

Dates

WIPO-KIPO Patent
Law and Examination Course

Patent examiners and government officials from developingcountries

3. 23~4. 1

WIPO-KIPO Patent Examiner OJT Course

Examiners from developing countries

4. 2~8WIPO IP Summer School

Undergraduates, graduate students, entry-level workers fromoverseas

7. 11~22

WIPO-KIPO Trademark Law and Examination
CourseTrademark examiners and government officials from developingcountries

5. 10~17

WIPO-KIPO Trademark Examiner OJT Course

Examiners from developing countries

5. 18~20

KOICA Creative Invention Training Course

Government officials and teachers working in invention educationfrom developing countries

4. 14~5. 4

KOICA Intellectual Property Rights CourseGovernment officials working in IP from developing countries

9. 22~10. 13

KOICA Intellectual Property Policy Course

Undergraduates, graduate students, entry-level workers fromoverseas

7. 11~22

China Patent Examiner Course

Chinese patent examiners

4. 4~8

Saudi Arabia Examiner Course

Saudi Arabian examiners

11. 7~11

GCCPO(Gulf Cooperation Council Patent Office)Examiner Course

GCCPO patent examiners

4. 12~13
4. 19~20
4. 26~27

IP5 Examiner Course

Patent examiners from IP5 countries

12. 6~9

Lecturer Dispatch Program

Patent examiners from requesting countries

All year

13 coursesaccessible, entertaining way via live-action videos.

Invention Savers Jin

Getting Creative with Pororo

“Invention Savers Jin” is the first mobile-based game that combines“Getting Creative Pororo” is an IP educational animation featuring

education and fun in order to teach children the basic principles of

popular characters from the television program ‘Pororo’ that gives

inventions, which was developed by KIPO in 2014.

children a basic understanding of IPRs.

IP Sharing

WIPO Korea Office as a Hub for Development Projects
A WIPO External Office in Korea can undertake international development
projects effectively by implementing bigger development projects withlong-term strategies and enabling us to coordinate all efforts through asingle channel.

2. WIPO Korea Funds-in-Trust

1. O fficial Development Assistance (ODA) by Korea
Korea has endeavored to share our experience in being an international aid recipient to an international aid
donor with less developed countries. In 2014, Korea’s ODA budget was 1.9 billion USD which is anumber that has been constantly on the rapid rise.
A WIPO External Office in Korea will create a channel where the knowledge about Korea's expertise inusing IP to generate economic growth and self transform can be transferred to other countries.

Since 2004, Korea has contributed about 12.6 million USD to WIPO Korea Funds-in-Trust and applied it toWIPO-Korea joint projects in order to strengthen the global IP system by promoting economic, social, andcultural development.
A WIPO External Office in Korea will be able to meet the current demand for WIPO services and function
as a regional foundation for launching future development projects.

Korea's Official Development Assistance
WIPO Korea Funds-in-Trust has financed projects such as:

Korea's ODA budget (in million USD)

①A ppropriate Technology (AT) Competitions
AT competitions have been held yearly in a total of eight countries (Ethiopia, Malaysia, Ghana, the Philippines, Zambia, Vietnam, Mongol,

1,857

Annual average growth rate for ODA is

1,755
1,598

Each workshop on patent and trademark law and its examinations take place for two weeks at the IIPTI in Korea, and up to 50 patent

1,325%

1st816in the world* DAC members’ average growth rate is 0.5%
2010

2011

people in less developed countries.
②W orkshops on patent and trademark law and its examinations

1,174

2009

Dominican Republic, Thailand), since 2011, to implement under-utilized technologies that could be used to enhance the quality of life for2012

2013

and trademark examiners, in total, participate every year.
③ WIPO Summer SchoolThe IIPTI operates WIPO Summer School in Daejeon, Korea to foster IP experts hailing from less developed countries, typically for 2 weeks
in July.
④ IP Master degree courses
Korea Funds-in-Trust provides scholarships for IP Master degree courses offered by Korea’s Seoul National University (SNU) andAustralia’s Queensland Universtiy of Technology (QUT) in order to provide higher education to government officials, as well as IP experts.

2014

The Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) has undertaken the following ODA activities in the intellectual property field:① KIPO supported developing patent automation systems for countries such as Mongolia, Azerbaijan, ARIPO, Vietnam, Angola,Cambodia, Mozambique, Paraguay and Myanmar.
② KIPO provided 14 international IP training courses that were attended by 354 foreigners, in 2015, in collaboration with the International
Intellectual Property Training Insititute (IIPTI), one of the subordinate institutes of KIPO.
③ KIPO facilitated sustainable economic growth by providing Appropriate Technology to Chad, Nepal, Cambodia, Guatemala, Nepal, thePhilippines, Papua New Guinea, Ghana, Vietnam, Mongolia, and Myanmar.
④ KIPO supported other countries’ brand development and carried out marketing strategies so as to ensure these countries receive thebenefits of a proper marketing campaign. Such countries include Bolivia, the Philippines, Ghana, Myanmar, Mongolia, and Indonesia.

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