Patent Office, Public-Private Cooperation to Combat Counterfeit Goods Affecting 'K-Brand'

The Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) is taking action to respond to counterfeit product damages of 'K-Brand' through public-private cooperation.

On the 8th, KIPO and the Korea Intellectual Property Protection Agency announced that they signed a business agreement at the Korea Intellectual Property Center with five associations?the Korea Food Industry Association, the Korea Cosmetic Association, the Korea Fashion Industry Association, the Korea Franchise Industry Association, and the Korea Music Content Association?to jointly respond to damages caused by counterfeit products through public-private collaboration.

Operation system of the 'K-Brand Counterfeit Goods Public-Private Joint Response Council'. Provided by the Korean Intellectual Property Office

The five associations participating in the agreement will form and operate the 'K-Brand Counterfeit Product Public-Private Joint Response Council' (hereinafter referred to as the Council) together with KIPO.

The Council was launched to systematically prevent and respond to the distribution damages of counterfeit products frequently occurring in domestic export companies in sectors such as food, cosmetics, and clothing.

Starting next year, the Council will regularly carry out activities including ▲collecting and providing information on overseas counterfeit product distribution ▲sharing response know-how ▲education to raise awareness for protecting K-Brand ▲providing information on overseas agents.

Additionally, the Council plans to lead K-Brand counterfeit product response meetings and seminars to share cases of counterfeit product responses, gather industry opinions, and reflect them in policies.

KIPO plans to promote tailored responses to K-Brand counterfeit products and gather industry opinions and policy reflections by considering the characteristics of products and services of each association, and to continuously expand the Council to industries where overseas counterfeit product damages frequently occur.

Lee In-sil, Commissioner of KIPO, said, “The launch of the Council is the first step for the government and private cooperative organizations to jointly respond to damages caused by counterfeit products,” adding, “KIPO plans to strengthen policies to prevent damages from counterfeit products during the overseas expansion of domestic companies and to enable prompt relief when damages occur.”

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