• 월간경쟁저널
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• 98호
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• pp.2-9
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• 2003

이번의 손해배상제도 개편은 사법적 구제의 확대를 통한 경쟁법 집행구조의 근본적 개편을 위한 하나의 계기에 불과하다. 이번 개정안에서 반영되지 아니한 금지청구제도 도입, 독일법제에서 보는 바와 같은 불공정거래행위 사건의 순수한 민사사건화와 같이 공정거래법 위반사안의 성질과 효과를 감안한 민형사 및 행정적 구제수단의 차별화, 공정거래법 위반사건에 대한 검찰의 원고 적격 부여 등은 시장에 미칠 충격을 감안하면서 지속적으로 검토되어야 할 남은 과제라고 할 것이다.

• 한국중재학회지:중재연구
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.53-85
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• 2022

Small and medium-sized enterprises ("SMEs") are vulnerable to trade secret misappropriation. Korea's legislation for the protection of SMEs' trade secrets and provision of civil, criminal, and administrative remedies includes the SME Technology Protection Act, the Unfair Competition Prevention Act, the Industrial Technology Protection Act, the Mutually Beneficial Cooperation Act, and the Subcontracting Act. Among these acts, the revised SME Technology Protection Act of 2018 introduced the "administrative technology misappropriation investigation system" to facilitate a rapid resolution of SMEs' technology misappropriation disputes. On September 27, 2021, Korea's Ministry of SMEs announced that it had reached an agreement to resolve the dispute between Hyundai Heavy Industries and Samyeong Machinery through the administrative technology misappropriation investigation system. However, not until 3 years and a few months passed since the introduction of the system could it be used to resolve an SME's technology misappropriation dispute with a large corporation. So there arose a question on the usefulness of the system. Therefore, we conducted a comparative legal analysis of Korea's laws enacted to protect trade secrets of SMEs and to address technology misappropriation, focusing on their legislative purpose, protected subject matter, types of misappropriation, and legal remedies. Then we analyzed the administrative technology misappropriation investigation system and the cases where this system was applied. We developed a proposal to enhance the usefulness of the system. The expert interviews of 4 attorneys who are experienced in the management of the system to check the practical value of the proposal. Our analysis shows that the lack of compulsory investigation and criminal sanctions is the fundamental limitation of the system. We propose revising the SME Technology Protection Act to provide correction orders, criminal sanctions, and compulsory investigation. We also propose training professional workforces to conduct digital forensics, enabling terminated SMEs to utilize the system, and assuring independence and fairness of the mediation and arbitration of the technology misappropriation disputes.