Jinju City Leads Efforts to Strengthen Intellectual Property Competitiveness... Support for Industrial Property Rights and Patent Technology Protection

Development of Local Company Products and Packaging Design, Prototype Production Using Patented Technology

Scene of a meeting for packaging design development consulting and brand development of a company in Jinju City

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] Jinju City, Gyeongnam Province, announced on the 5th that it will promote various support projects to prepare for domestic and international technology preemption competition and patent disputes, and to strengthen corporate competitiveness through intellectual property creation.

First, to create intellectual property, the city will implement support projects for industrial property rights acquisition and overseas application and registration costs for patented technologies.

The 'Industrial Property Rights Acquisition Support Project' is a program that supports costs incurred in acquiring industrial property rights for small and medium-sized enterprises or individual inventors located in Jinju City. Support is provided up to KRW 1,000,000 for patents, KRW 500,000 for utility models, KRW 350,000 for designs, and KRW 250,000 for trademarks.

The 'Overseas Application and Registration Cost Support Project for Patented Technologies' supports the costs of registering rights with foreign patent offices for technologies patented domestically to enter overseas markets. The support amount is up to KRW 4,000,000.

Along with this, to reduce various intellectual property difficulties faced in the management field of small and medium-sized enterprises, the city is promoting the 'Intellectual Property Creation Support Project' in cooperation with the Jinju Chamber of Commerce and Industry's Jinju Intellectual Property Center.

The support includes new and revamped brand development, product and packaging design development, patent and design mapping, promotional videos for patented technologies, and domestic and international IP (intellectual property) consulting.

Additionally, for local small and medium-sized enterprises and agricultural corporations struggling with in-house design development, the city supports 'Product and Packaging Design Development Project Costs,' and for excellent patented technologies owned by companies but not yet commercialized, it supports 'Prototype Production Project Costs for Patented Technologies.'

For product design development costs, support is up to KRW 12,000,000 per company; packaging design development costs up to KRW 6,000,000; and prototype production support up to KRW 6,000,000. Each support project requires a 20% company co-payment.

In addition to the intellectual property creation support project, the city also operates the 'Small and Medium Enterprise Certification Fee Support Project,' which supports fees and evaluation costs for acquiring 16 certifications in the purchase and sales field such as New Excellent Product (NEP), New Excellent Technology (NET), Performance Certification (EPC), KS Certification, and 6 certifications in the technology certification field such as ISO (9001, 14001, 22000, etc.) and INN-BIZ (Innovative Business).

A city official stated, "We will strengthen the support system so that small and medium-sized enterprises can enhance their product competitiveness through the acquisition of intellectual property rights, which are core assets of the 21st-century knowledge-based economy, and grow into global strong small and medium enterprises and mid-sized companies."

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