KIM Yong-rae, Commissioner of the Korean Intellectual Property Office, "We will pave a flower path for patent preemption through data analysis and technology guidance establishment"

Summary of Global Industry and Market Trends... Presenting Strategies to Secure Excellent Patents
Establishing Regulations Against Misuse to Enhance Data Utilization and Protection

Kim Yong-rae, Commissioner of the Korean Intellectual Property Office, is explaining the importance of patent big data and its future utilization directions. Photo by Korean Intellectual Property Office

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] “Just as the UK and the US led the Industrial Revolution in the past, our country will lead the digital era through intellectual property innovation and enhance digital industrial competitiveness in the international community.” Kim Yong-rae, Commissioner of the Korean Intellectual Property Office (age 53, photo), said this in a recent interview with Asia Economy.

Commissioner Kim stated that the importance of intellectual property has been highlighted as the digital transformation of the global economy and industries accelerated due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Based on this, Commissioner Kim foresees that issues such as whether to grant rights to inventions and creations by artificial intelligence and problems that may arise during the production, transmission, and utilization of data will likely emerge as major issues in the international community.

In the same context, he believes that when an environment is established where core and foundational technologies in artificial intelligence and data fields can be rapidly secured as intellectual property and widely utilized, our country will be able to gain an advantage in the competitive landscape of the international community in the digital transformation era.

In particular, Commissioner Kim emphasizes the importance of analyzing and utilizing patent big data. He said, “Patent big data is the crystallization of technical information that encompasses global industrial and market trends as well as the technology development trends of global companies.” He added, “If we analyze the big data, which amounts to 480 million cases, and create a technology map, it will be possible to predict both the minefields and flower paths in technology development.” He explained, “This means that through the technology map, research and development can be planned to avoid core patents held by competing companies, and the optimal research and development strategy that allows preemption of excellent patents can be presented together.”

Commissioner Kim also said, “The utilization and protection of data are two sides of the same coin.” He continued, “To activate data trading and distribution, minimal protection is necessary, and as a method of data protection, regulation of unauthorized use of data is required.”

However, globally, a unified norm regarding data protection has not yet been established. In this regard, Commissioner Kim said, “The Korean Intellectual Property Office will gather opinions from various sectors and prepare regulations and protection measures against unauthorized use of data so that the utilization and protection of data can be appropriately balanced.”

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