Korea-ASEAN Patent Office Heads Meeting Adopts Joint Declaration on Cooperation in Intellectual Property Sector

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] The Korea-ASEAN Intellectual Property Office Heads Meeting will be held in Seoul. At this event, a joint declaration for cooperation in the field of intellectual property between Korea and ASEAN will also be adopted.

On the 14th, the Korean Intellectual Property Office announced that it will hold the 5th Korea-ASEAN Intellectual Property Office Heads Meeting at COEX in Seoul with delegations from the 10 ASEAN countries including Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, and Myanmar.

The meeting was first held in Brunei in 2018, followed by the 2nd meeting in Korea the next year. However, due to the impact of COVID-19, subsequent meetings were held virtually, and this year marks the first face-to-face meeting in three years.

The Korea-ASEAN Intellectual Property Offices will discuss mutual cooperation plans in the field of intellectual property under the theme of "Intellectual Property and Innovation for a Sustainable Future."

In particular, the Korean Intellectual Property Office plans to present to the participating countries cooperation directions for building an innovation ecosystem based on intellectual property to realize the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted at the 70th United Nations (UN) General Assembly, and propose cooperation tasks such as establishing an official consultative body for discussing the future development of intellectual property systems.

Based on the outcomes agreed upon at the meeting, the Korea-ASEAN Intellectual Property Offices will also adopt a joint declaration.

Lee In-sil, Commissioner of the Korean Intellectual Property Office, said, "The meeting is significant in that Korea, as the host country, leads the adoption of the joint declaration and presents new directions for cooperation in the field of intellectual property." He added, "The Intellectual Property Office will strive to develop the Korea-ASEAN cooperation relationship in intellectual property through this meeting and to establish a foundation for effective protection of domestic intellectual property rights in ASEAN."

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.