• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.1-10
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• 2019

The present research aims to identify the issues that occurred when uploading stock photos to the internet-based stock image agencies and to develop technical solutions based on web service technologies. We identify the issues by examination of previous studies and stock photo uploading systems of major three agencies currently in service. As such, we develop web service technology by focusing on the following matters. First, we apply an automatic tag system to ensure convenience. Second, to ensure safety, we apply a technology that easily enables prevention of portrait rights violations and trademark infringements. We also prepare for measures against possible harmfulness. Third, to ensure completeness, we apply a method which resolves upload failure issues that frequently occurred in the past. In particular, the present research is significant as it applies an automatic image analysis system based on Google Cloud Vision API as the artificial intelligence-based image processing technology. In addition, we develop a web service program which improves user access by using SNS-type screen composition.

• Informatization Policy
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• v.29 no.4
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• pp.43-66
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• 2022

With the development of artificial intelligence technology, competition for artificial intelligence technology patents around the world is intensifying. During the period 2000 ~ 2021, artificial intelligence technology patent applications at the US Patent and Trademark Office have been steadily increasing, and the growth rate has been steeper since the 2010s. As a result of analyzing Korea's artificial intelligence technology competitiveness through patent indices, it is evaluated that patent activity, impact, and marketability are superior in areas such as auditory intelligence and visual intelligence. However, compared to other countries, overall Korea's artificial intelligence technology patents are good in terms of activity and marketability, but somewhat inferior in technological impact. While noise canceling and voice recognition have recently decreased as topics for artificial intelligence, growth is expected in areas such as model learning optimization, smart sensors, and autonomous driving. In the case of Korea, efforts are required as there is a slight lack of patent applications in areas such as fraud detection/security and medical vision learning.

• Journal of the Korean Regional Science Association
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• v.39 no.2
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• pp.31-46
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• 2023

This study aims to analyze the spatial patterns of intellectual property across various regions through an in-depth analysis of intellectual property trends and their influential factors. While there's an overall upsurge in intellectual property applications in the Seoul metropolitan areas, a more detailed inspection reveals divergent patterns based on the type of intellectual property - with patent rights primarily increasing in certain non-Seoul areas and trademark rights seeing a rise predominantly within Seoul. Our findings also suggest that the growth in intellectual property applications correlates positively with improvements in public transportation accessibility, expansion of knowledge-based service industries, and a rise in large enterprises, although the relationships vary by intellectual property type. These results indicate the significant influence of geographical factors and industrial structures on knowledge-generation activities, thereby suggesting a need for region-specific policies to bolster these capacities.

• Journal of Practical Agriculture & Fisheries Research
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.101-111
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• 2008

As the quality of life improves, people want to live in more pleasant environment with beautiful trees, clean air and water. They are keenly interested in environmental issues as well as living environment of apartment which is a trademark of modern life. With this situation, the function and roles of landscaping trees have been recognized as a critical factor to improve living environment. As people have asked for more demands on those trees, it has raised more issues on the defect of trees and is required the solution to those issues. So, the purpose of this study was to survey the reasons of defects and find out those solutions. The data on defects in 1990s was referenced to the reports issued by SH Corporation in 1994 and 1997. The data on defects in 2000s are collected from March, 2006 to May 2006 based on the survey for apartments already constructed by Korea Housing Corporation. The results of the survey were shown that, in the year of 1994, landscaping trees causing high rate of defects were Acer buergerianum (92%), Pinus densiflora(85.7%), Celtis sinensis(80%), Cydonia sinensis(75%) and Diospyros kaki(66.6%), and in the year of 1997, landscaping trees causing high rate of defect were Ziziphus jujuba(100%), Cornus alba(65.2%), Diospyros kaki(60%), Thuja occidentalis(60%), and Metasequoia glyptostroboides(42%). And, in the year of 2006, landscaping trees causing high rate of defect were Sophora japonica(100%), Taxus cuspidata(80%), Magnoila quinquepeta (75%), Acer palmatum(62.5%) and Ginkgo biloba(50%). Because the reasons of defects were various according to the conditions including the climate, location, time and landscaping trees carried into the work area, we present the problems and solutions to those defects. Since the landscaping trees are living creatures, the factors of defects were various and complicated according to the site condition. So, in the period of warranty, contractor should designate the tree manger who can recognize the situation and take suitable action within timely manner.

• Proceedings of the Plant Resources Society of Korea Conference
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• 2023.04a
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• pp.60-60
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• 2023

특허제도는 발명자에게 발명의 공개에 대한 대가로 일정기간 독점권을 인정하여 기술개발에 투자한 자금을 회수할 수 있는 기회를 제공하고 공개된 발명은 새로운 기술개발을 위하여 누구나 이용할 수 있도록 하여 기술발전을 촉진할 뿐만아니라 이미 개발된 발명에 대한 중복투자, 연구를 하는 낭비를 방지하기 위한 목적을 가진다. 본 조사는 2022년 12월 31일까지의 정부 특허정보넷인 키프리스(www.kipris.or.kr)에서 꽃차 관련 실용신안 특허 내용을 검색하여 정리하였으며 그 결과는 다음과 같았다. 1. 1983년 엘다베리꽃차 제조방법에 대한 것을 시작으로 최근 2022년 12월 31일까지 총 30개가 출원되어 2022년에는 증가된 것이 없었다. 2. 출원된 실용신안 특허 총 30개 중에서 소멸 2개(엘다베리/1983, 연꽃/2009), 취하 3개(무궁화/1992, 백화차/2005, 꽃차/2014), 거절 6개(매화/2001, 장미녹차/2007, 혼합꽃녹차/2007, 동결꽃차/2008, 소금꽃차/2015, 꽃차누룽지/2017), 공개 6개(꽃차/2014, 소금꽃차/2015, 꽃차추출물/2017, 기능성꽃차 /2018, 꽃차추출물/2018, 금잔화꽃차/2019), 포기 2개(개복숭아 꽃차/2015, 동백꽃차/2017), 등록(녹차꽃차/2006, 사과꽃차/2008, 목련꽃차/2012. 목련꽃차/2014, 칡꽃차/2015, 장미꽃차/2017, 모란꽃차/2017, 꽃차제조방법/2018, 꽃차로스팅장치/2018, 꽃음료/2020, 향 강화 꽃차/2021)은 11개였다. 3. 출원된 실용신안 특허 총 29개 중에서 개인이 출원한 것이 19개, 회사(아모레퍼시픽, 휴먼코스메틱, 화이통협동조합, (주)꽃다비, 주식회사 플러드, (주)우리꽃연구소)나 기관(한국식품연구원, 고창군), 대학(전남대, 동의대 2개)이 출원한 것이 11개였다.

• Proceedings of the Plant Resources Society of Korea Conference
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• 2020.08a
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• pp.106-106
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• 2020

특허제도는 발명자에게 발명의 공개에 대한 대가로 일정기간 독점권을 인정하여 기술개발에 투자한 자금을 회수할 수 있는 기회를 제공하고 공개된 발명은 새로운 기술개발을 위하여 누구나 이용할 수 있도록 하여 기술발전을 촉진할 뿐만아니라 이미 개발된 발명에 대한 중복투자, 연구를 하는 낭비를 방지하기 위한 목적을 가진다. 본 조사는 2019년 12월 31일에 정부의 특허정보넷인 키프리스(www.kipris.or.kr)에서 꽃차 관련 실용 신안 특허 내용을 검색하여 정리한 결과는 다음과 같았다. 1. 1983년 엘다베리꽃차 제조방법에 대한 것을 시작으로 최근 2019년 12월 31일까지 총 28개가 출원되었다. 2. 출원된 실용신안 특허 총 28개 중에서 소멸 2개(엘다베리/1983, 연꽃/2009), 취하 3개(무궁화/1992, 백화차/2005, 꽃차/2014), 거절 6개(매화/2001, 장미녹차/2007, 혼합꽃녹차/2007, 동결꽃차/2008, 소금꽃차/2015, 꽃차누룽지/2017), 공개 6개(꽃차/2014, 소금꽃차/2015, 꽃차추출물/2017, 기능성꽃차/2018, 꽃차추출물/2018, 금잔화꽃차/2019), 포기 2개(개복숭아 꽃차/2015, 동백꽃차/2017), 등록(녹차꽃차/2006, 사과꽃차/2008, 목련꽃차/2012. 목련꽃차/2014, 칡꽃차/2015, 장미꽃차/2017, 모란꽃차/2017, 꽃차제조방법/2018, 꽃차로스팅장치/2018)은 9개였다. 3. 출원된 실용신안 특허 총 28개 중에서 개인이 출원한 것이 19개, 회사(아모레퍼시픽, 휴먼코스메틱, 화이통협동조합, (주)꽃다비)나 기관(한국식품연구원, 고창군), 대학(전남대학교, 동의대학교 2개)이 출원한 것이 9개였다.

• Journal of the FoodService Safety
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.12-18
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• 2024

"Dangol" is a native Korean word originating from 18 century folklore. Dangol is often used as a keyword and term in consumer marketing and foodservice industry research. However, a variety of other terms have also been used to express the concept of Dangol, including loyalty, brand loyalty, Choongsung, Choongsung level, loyal customer, Dangol customer, Dangol intention, and store loyalty. Due to a lack of clear conceptualizations of Dangol, terms such as Dangol, Choongsung, and loyalty are often mixed in their use, even in a single study. This study confirmed whether Dangol is being used interchangeably with loyalty in domestic literature by applying an integrated literature review of studies found on Google Scholar. Of the studies that have been published since 1990, 219 studies were analyzed. The first analysis yielded eight research keywords related to Dangol. Dangol intention, Dangol doctor, and Dangol faith were the most commonly used at 18.2%, followed by Dangol customer and Dangol relationship at 13.6%. The second analysis yielded nine research keywords related to loyalty. Out of the 99 cases, loyalty program occurred most frequently at 46%, followed by loyalty at 20%. The third analysis yielded 22 research keywords related to Choongsung in total. Customer Choongsung was most frequent at 28%, followed by trademark Choongsung at 14%. Finally, the results of the content analysis on Dangol was summarized as "designated relationship for business transaction and the relationship between the seller", "the customer when a single transactional relationship is established continuously".

• Journal of Arbitration Studies
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.167-187
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• 2007

As Korea has reached a free trade agreement with the United States of America, it is required to provide an appropriate procedure to ".kr" domain name disputes based on the principles established in the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy(UDRP). Currently, Internet address Dispute Resolution Committee(IDRC) established under Article 16 of the Act on Internet Address Resources provides the dispute resolution proceedings to resolve ".kr" domain name disputes. While the IDRC's proceeding is similar to the UDRP administrative proceeding in procedural aspects, the Domain Name Dispute Mediation Policy that is established by the IDRC and that applies to disputes involving ".kr" domain names is very different from the UDRP for generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) in substantial aspects. Under the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement(KORUS FTA), it is expected that either the Domain Name Dispute Mediation Policy to be amended to adopt the UDRP or the IDRC to examine the Domain Name Dispute Mediation Policy in order to harmonize it with the principles established in the UDRP. It is a common practice of cybersquatters to warehouse a number of domain names without any active use of these domain names after their registration. The Domain Name Dispute Mediation Policy provides that the complainant may request to transfer or delete the registration of the disputed domain name if the registrant registered, holds or uses the disputed domain name in bad faith. This provision lifts the complainant's burden of proof to show the respondent's bad faith because the complainant is only required to prove one of the three bad faiths which are registration in bad faith, holding in bad faith, or use in bad faith. The aforementioned resolution procedure is different from the UDRP regime which requires the complainant, in compliance with paragraph 4(b) of the UDRP, to prove that the disputed domain name has been registered in bad faith and is being used in bad faith. Therefore, the complainant carries heavy burden of proof under the UDRP. The IDRC should deny the complaint if the respondent has legitimate rights or interests in the domain names. Under the UDRP, the complainant must show that the respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in the disputed domain name. The UDRP sets out three illustrative circumstances, any one of which if proved by the respondent, shall be evidence of the respondent's rights to or legitimate interests in the domain name. As the Domain Name Dispute Mediation Policy provides only a general provision regarding the respondent's legitimate rights or interests, the respondent can be placed in a very week foundation to be protected under the Policy. It is therefore recommended for the IDRC to adopt the three UDRP circumstances to guide how the respondent can demonstrate his/her legitimate rights or interests in the disputed domain name. In accordance with the KORUS FTA, the Korean Government is required to provide online publication to a reliable and accurate database of contact information concerning domain name registrants. Cybersquatters often provide inaccurate contact information or willfully conceal their identity to avoid objection by trademark owners. It may cause unnecessary and unwarranted delay of the administrative proceedings. The respondent may loss the opportunity to assert his/her rights or legitimate interests in the domain name due to inability to submit the response effectively and timely. The respondent could breach a registration agreement with a registrar which requires the registrant to submit and update accurate contact information. The respondent who is reluctant to disclose his/her contact information on the Internet citing for privacy rights and protection. This is however debatable as the respondent may use the proxy registration service provided by the registrar to protect the respondent's privacy.

• Korean Journal of Microbiology
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• v.54 no.1
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• pp.60-68
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• 2018

A cold-active and alkaline serine protease (Pro21717) was partially purified from the Antarctic marine bacterium Pseudoalteromonas arctica PAMC 21717. On a zymogram gel containing skim milk, Pro21717 produced two distinct clear-zones of approximately 37 kDa (low intensity) and 74 kDa (high intensity). These were found to have identical N-terminal sequences, suggesting they arose from an identical precursor and that the 37 kDa protease might homodimerize to the more active 74 kDa form of the protein. Pro21717 displayed proteolytic activity at $0-40^{\circ}C$ (optimal temperature of $40^{\circ}C$) and maintained this activity at pH 5.0-10.0 (optimal pH of 9.0). Notably, relative activities of 30% and 45% were observed at $0^{\circ}C$ and $10^{\circ}C$, respectively, in comparison to the 100% activity observed at $40^{\circ}C$, and this enzyme showed a broad substrate range against synthetic peptides with a preference for proline in the cleavage reaction. Pro21717 activity was enhanced by $Cu^{2+}$ and remained stable in the presence of detergent surfactants (linear alkylbenzene sulfonate and sodium dodecyl sulfate) and other chemical components ($Na_2SO_4$ and metal ions, such as $Ba^{2+}$, $Mg^{2+}$, $Ca^{2+}$, $Zn^{2+}$, $Fe^{2+}$, $K^+$, and $Na^{2+}$), which are often included in commercial detergent formulations. These data indicate that the psychrophilic Pro21717 has properties comparable to the well-characterized mesophilic subtilisin Carlsberg, which is commercially produced by Novozymes as the trademark Alcalase. Thus it has the potential to be used as a new additive enzyme in laundry detergents that must work well in cold tap water below $15^{\circ}C$.

• International Commerce and Information Review
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.79-102
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• 2014

A parallel importation is a non-counterfeit product imported from another country without the permission of the intellectual property owner. It is caused by price differences between countries. Therefore parallel importation are implication in issues of international trade and intellectual property rights(hereafter referred as IPR). This paper provides parallel importation issues of Korea and China under the IPR laws such as patent, trademarks, copyright and analyzes difference between two countries. In China, patent law regulates exhaustion rights which is based theory of a parallel import for the first time unlike trademark law and copyright law. On the other hands, Korea rules parallel importing under Korean customs regulations. In conclusion, two countries have no provisions that advocate a parallel import under IPR laws. This paper suggests some improvements to overcome the limitation of current regulation system and avoid trade friction between two countries. First of all, two countries should clearly make a rule about parallel import in IPR law such as definition of parallel importation, genuine goods, permission conditions, importing proses, penalty and remedy etc. Secondly, two countries should prohibit an abuse of a exclusive import agent's rights and manage a parallel importer not to cause consumer's complain about goods to expansion parallel imports. Finally, two countries should cooperate not to cause disputes about this issue with a communication channel.