• Asian Journal of Innovation and Policy
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.606-624
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• 2018

Patent infringement is defined as implementing a whole patent product without authorization, which is called literal infringement. However, the alleged infringer sometimes does not directly produce the same product with the patented invention, but they simply replace some claimed elements with new materials, or they only produce a certain part of the patent product. Therefore, there is an issue on whether the above cases should also be deemed as patent infringement. This paper uses specific cases to analyze the formation and development process of the doctrine of equivalents and indirect infringement theory in Japan. Then, by discussing the interpretation of Article 101 of the current Japanese patent law, this paper makes it clear that whether it constitutes direct or indirect infringement in some particular cases. The objective of this paper is to clarify the specific requirements of patent infringement under Japanese patent law by case studying and comparing with the patent legal system of China.

• 예술인문사회 융합 멀티미디어 논문지
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.35-44
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• 2018

특허 침해소송은 다른 소송들과는 다르게 그 특허기술의 실체파악 없이는 사안의 파악이 매우 힘든 소송이다. 변리사법은 제8조에서 변리사의 특허침해소송에 대한 소송대리권을 인정하고 있는 듯 보이지만 전통적으로 헌법재판소와 법원은 특허 등 침해소송에 대하여 변리사의 소송대리권을 인정하지 않는 입장이다. 이에 대해서 변리사와 변호사간에 끊임없는 논쟁이 이루어지고 있다. 본 연구에서는 특허침해소송에서 소송대리의 효율성 및 전문성을 높이는 방안을 탐색한다. 이를 위해 주요국의 특허침해소송에서 변리사의 역할을 분석하여 합리적 대안을 도출한다. 그 결과 변호사의 변리사 자격 자동취득을 제한하거나 변리사의 소송대리권과 관련하여 변리사법을 개정하는 방안은 적절하지 못한 것으로 나타났다. 소송당사자의 입장에서 근본적인 문제 해결을 위해 수정된 특허전문변호사 제도를 도입하고 소송당사자들이 합리적으로 소송대리인을 선택하게 하는 것이 바람직한 대안인 것으로 분석되었다.

• 기술혁신학회지
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.700-721
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• 2012

본 연구는 특허권의 경제적 가치를 산정하는데 있어서, 합리적인 로열티율을 구하기 위한 방법에 관한 것이다. 특허권 자체의 합리적인 로열티율을 산정하기 위해, 기존의 25% 룰의 장단점과 최근 동향을 살펴보았으며, 내쉬 협상 방정식의 게임이론을 이용한 산정방법과 재무분석을 통한 투자수익률 방법을 적용하여 합리적인 로열티율을 산출하였다. 손해액 산정 모형에서는 최근의 미국 특허침해 손해액 산정 시 실시료 상당액으로 판결한 미국 법원의 판례를 이용하여 당해 침해 관련 특허를 분석하고, 각 특허의 서지(書誌)사항 항목에서 특허지표를 추출해서 이를 회귀분석을 이용하여 개별 특허권의 합리적인 로열티율을 산정하는 모형을 제시하고 미국의 판례자료를 이용한 분석결과를 제시하였다.

• 한국중재학회지:중재연구
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.57-72
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• 2011

According to Japanese Patent Act, the Japanese Patent Office, administrative organization, was authorized to decide validation of patent. However, Supreme Court of Japan held that a court is able to decide the invalidation of patent in 11th April, 2000, which caused the reform of Japanese Patent Act in June 2004. Reformed Patent Act established the article 104-3 and makes it for a court to decide the patentability where there are grounds for a patent invalidation. Through this amendment to the Patent Act, the legislative system to decide the patent validation has been reorganized and furthermore alleged infringer is allowed to argue against the patent validation by making use of infringement litigation procedure through defenses against patent invalidation as well as invalidation trial procedure for to file a request for a trial for patent invalidation to the Japanese Patent Office. That is to say, the article 104-3 was established in the Japanese Patent Act in the wake of Kilby, and thus a court, which is judicial authority, not administrative disposition agency is also able to decide the patent validation. Thus this article discuss how a court, the authority of which only patent infringement cases fell under, has been authorized to arbitrate cases about the patent validation and the decision of the patent validation in a court.

• 한국중재학회지:중재연구
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.51-66
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• 2016

This paper considers how various types of patent disputes can be more efficiently resolved through arbitration, rather than litigation. For this analysis, it takes three types of patent disputes as a control sample - contractual disputes, infringement disputes and FRAND disputes - and assess how these disputes can be better resolved through arbitration in terms of several criteria, namely, the suitability of the decision-makers, the number of forums in which disputes have to separately decided and enforced, procedural flexibility and confidentiality. The paper takes into consideration that certain types of patent disputes, such as infringement disputes and FRAND disputes are unlikely to be subject to pre-existing arbitration agreements. In these types of disputes, parties may make the decision between arbitration and litigation based on strategic and tactical concerns, rather than legal ones. The paper concludes that, given this limitation, it is not possible to categorically state whether arbitration is more suitable than litigation for resolving patent disputes. The most sensible course to follow in adopting arbitration for patent disputes is for legal advisors to be familiar with the intricate benefits and pitfalls of arbitration in patent disputes, and to actively consider referring a dispute to arbitration over litigation after a dispute has arisen.

• 산업경영시스템학회지
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.54-61
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• 2007

This research relates to the patent application tendency about the components and modules of the intelligent robot among the robotics industry in which the market is more and more expanded. The patent about the components and modules of intelligent robot was analyzed from not only Korea but also U.S, Japanese and Europe which is called as the 3 pole of patent. By this research the government which supervises the nation's research policy can obtain the objective information of the industrial tendency, so it can establish the investment policy of national research and development. And the researchers can set up the research direction for evasion from patent infringement trouble by obtaining the patent application information. This also shows whether their research can be competitive or not.

• 산업경영시스템학회지
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.46-53
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• 2007

This research relates to the patent application tendency about the hardware platform of the intelligent robot among the robotics industry in which the market is more and more expanded. The patent about the hardware field of intelligent robot was analyzed from not only Korea but also U.S., Japanese and Europe which is called as the 3 pole of patent. By this research the government which supervises the nation's research policy can obtain the objective information of the industrial tendency, so it can establish the investment policy of national research and development. And the researchers can set up the research direction for evasion from patent infringement trouble by obtaining the patent application information. This also shows whether their research can be competitive or not.

• 공학교육연구
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.52-65
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• 2020

This study aims to find the major creative ideation patterns embedded in the commercially valuable patents in the mobile communication industry. For the purpose, we analyze 171 cases of the patent infringement lawsuit filed by Nokia in the United States. It is examined that what kind of TRIZ inventive principles and SIT thinking tools were applied to resolve technical contractions in each of the 171 cases respectively. Among the 40 inventive principles of TRIZ, 'feedback' principle was used mostly and 'division' principle the next. Among the 5 thinking tools of SIT, 'attribute dependency' mostly used, and 'division' the next. This suggests that what kind of inventive principles or thinking tools should be considered preferentially to resolve technical contradictions in practically important technical problems in the mobile communication industry.

• Asia Marketing Journal
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.55-73
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• 2016

With continuous news headlines related to patents in the public media, awareness of patents' value is spreading, and patents are valuable not only to a firm but also to consumers. Therefore, this study makes an effort to explore the theoretical mechanism of the effects of patent infringement litigation (PIL) on customers. More specifically, this study examines the influence of PIL on customer-based brand equity (CBBE) and brand innovation image (BII). Based on this study's findings, PIL's outcomes directly affect BII, which in turn indirectly affects CBBE. That is, people will evaluate a winning brand as a highly innovative brand, which contributes to higher brand equity. However, in regards to PIL's direct effect on CBBE, there are some differences between Apple and Samsung. In the case of Apple, the winner image positively affects only one dimension of CBBE, brand loyalty, while for Samsung, the plaintiff's image negatively affects brand loyalty.

• 기술혁신학회지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.23-45
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• 2008

본 연구의 목적은 해외 지식재산권 분쟁현황을 분석하고 그 대응방안을 제시하는데 있다. 특허 분쟁(국내/국외)은 2006년 7월말 현재 청구건수 기준으로 2,044건이 보고되고 있다. 이 중 외국 기업과의 특허분쟁(2000-2006)은 전기전자 분야 47건, 화학약품분야 9건, 기계분야 2건 등 58건으로 나타나고 있다. 본 연구는 주요 국제 특허분쟁 사례, 즉 우리나라의 기업체가 외국기업체를 상대로 특허침해 소송을 제기하였거나 소송을 제기 당한 사례를 전기.전자 분야 47건 중 27건, 화학약품분야 9건 중 5건, 기계분야 2건 등 34건을 기술 분야별로 정리하였다. 이들 사례의 공통점은 대개 거액을 지불하고 분쟁을 타결한 경우로서 지식재산권 관리의 중요성과 분쟁 시 정부나 기업이 적절한 대응을 하여야 함을 시사하고 있다. 우리나라가 해외 지식재산권 분쟁에 대응할 수 있는 방안은 다음과 같다. 첫째, 정부의 대응방향이다. 특허권 침해물품의 국경조치 강화, 해외지식재산권보호센터 기능의 강화 등을 수행하여야 한다. 둘째, 기업의 대응방향이다. 지식재산중시 경영(no patent no future), 강한 특허권 창출 및 전략적 분쟁 대응, 특허 풀(patent pool) 형성 및 표준화에 적극 참여, 기술이전 및 라이센스 계약 관리의 전문화 등을 기하여야 한다.