Protecting your Intellectual Property Rights in Korea: Avoid “Trying Different Things & Smoking Funny Things”

A popular song regularly played on the radio proclaims that in the summer of 1989 the songwriter, Kid Rock, was “trying different things and smoking funny things.”  If you have any exposure to the Korean market, do your business a favor and don’t be like the songwriter.  All business with any exposure to the Korean market must have a plan in place to protect their intellectual property.  Thus, for the sake of your company, at a bare minimum, you should

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Protecting Trade Secrets in Korea: Top 5 Things to Know Before Subjecting your Business Secrets to the Korean Market

We receive emails, regularly, requesting advice on the protection of IP rights in Korea and China.   Most of the issues I addressed in this blog come from these questions.  I realized, after writing over 1000 posts on this blog, that I never drafted a post on trade secrets.  Don’t blame me, blame my paralegal. 🙂 Definition of a Trade Secret in KoreaAs you probably know, a trade secret is, simply any design, process, formula or the like that is

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Rights Management Services/Agencies in South Korea: Copyright/IP Licensing Societies in Korea

The following is a list of the major Copyright Management/Licensing Services in Korea.  The list shall be updated periodically. Rights Management Societies in Korea Literary  Korean Society of Authors Music Korea Music Copyright Association Korean Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers Theater  Korea Scenario Writers Association General Reproduction & Transmission Korea Reproduction and Transmission Rights Association Theatrical Reproduction & Transmission Korea Film Producers Association Broadcast Writers Korea TV & Radio Writers Association Performers in Musicals Federation of Korea Music Performers

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