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Background of colaboration

Information about funding opportunities for R&D projects:


Name of the programme	Funding organisation	Countries	Research Actions	Limitations
Global R&D Networking Program	National Research Foundation of Korea	International	Construction of International Research Infrastructure: Infrastructure of bilateral/multilateral cooperation, Overseas Scientific Technology Cooperation Center; Utilization of Overseas Science, Engineering and Technology Resources: Securing and utilizing overseas biomaterials; Cooperating with the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC) and EU Framework Programme; Utilizing the Global Network of Korean Scientists & Engineers (KOSEN); Networking with prominent overseas scientists and engineers; International Funds for Science and Technology.
Inter-Korea Research Cooperation Program	National Research Foundation of Korea	South Korea and North Korea	Program aims to promote S&T and academic cooperation with North Korea in order to establish mutual trust between the two Koreas, foster balanced economic growth, and contribute to laying the foundation for Korea's unification. Funds are provided for information collection, basic research and academic conference.
Global Joint Research Program	National Research Foundation of Korea	International	Global Research Laboratory: Improving international cooperation with world-renowned scientists in basic and fundamental technologies, globalizing R&D, and improving national research capabilities; International Personnel Exchange: Supporting world-class institutes to strengthen research capabilities and foster scientists by dispatching young researchers to other countries.
Institut Pasteur-Korea Support Program	National Research Foundation of Korea	South Korea	Conducting new drug development research for major diseases with advanced convergent technologies of BT, IT, and NT
The Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology (KEIT)	The Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology (KEIT)	South Korea	Conducting R&D in Industrial Technology	Depends on the requirements of the project
Horizon 2020	European Commission	EU EU-other countries	Research activities; Collaboration; Staff exchange; Other.	The conditions and constraints are established. They depend on the type of the action or the specific actions.

Partner search facilities:


Name	Description	Scope	Costs
Korean scientific cooperation network with the European Research Area - KORANET	Promotes S&T cooperation between South Korea and Europe.	International	Free of charge
Korea Institute of Industrial Technology	The nation’s only R&D institute devoted to supporting SMEs.	International	Free of charge
Asian Research Network	Is going to cover cooperation in basic science and technology.	Currently cooperation between South Korea and Japan, is going to encompass other Asian partners including China, India, Singapore, and Vietnam.	Free of charge

Resources of information:


Name	Description	Costs
Korean scientific cooperation network with the European Research Area - KORANET	Promotes S&T cooperation between South Korea and Europe.	Free of charge
Asian Research Network	The areas of nanoscience and nanotechnology are covered extensively but it will expand the scope of research to the whole gamut of basic science and technology.	Free of charge
National Research Foundation of Korea	Sponsores S&T cooperation on international level.	Free of charge

Institutions supporting R&D collaboration:


Name	Description
Ministry of Science and Technology (South Korea)	Formulates national science and technology policies and plans, executes national programs for the development of core technologies; Supports basic & applied research and development conducted by government supported research institutes, university R&D centers and private sector R&D centers.
National Research Foundation of Korea	The NRF is not only responsible for the overall planning of research in all areas of academic discipline but is also discovering new academic areas through the integration of different academic fields, promoting a wide range of research in such diverse fields as law and future society.
Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology (under the Ministry of Knowledge Economy)	KIAT is a public institute which conducts various activities to promote technological policy, including: medium and long-term planning and result analysis; the construction of an industrial technology infrastructure; and the transfer and commercialization of industrial technology.

Legal framework for R&D cooperation:


Name of the agreement	Description
Agreement on the Scientific and Technological Cooperation between the European Community and the Government of the Republic of Korea	Agreement is aimed at upgrading and intensifying party to party cooperation in areas of science and technology.

General IP info

Categories of IP rights:


Category of IPR	Name of the law	Registration needed	Where to register
Copyright	Copyright Act of 1957	not mandatory	Copyright Office
Patents	Patent Act of 1961	yes	Korean Intellectual Property Office
Utility models	Utility Model Act of 1961	yes	Korean Intellectual Property Office
Trade marks	Trademark Act of 1949	yes	Korean Intellectual Property Office
(Industrial) designs	Design Protection Act of 1961	yes	Korean Intellectual Property Office
Geographical Indications	Agricultural Products Quality Control Act of 1999 Trademark Act of 1949	yes	National Agricultural Products Quality Management Service Korean Intellectual Property Office
Know How	Unfair Competition Prevention and Trade Secret Protection Act of 1961	protected under non-disclosure agreement	Korean Intellectual Property Office
Plant Breeders Rights	Seed Industry Act of 1995	yes	Korean Intellectual Property Office
Topographies of Semiconductor Products	Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout Design Act of 1992	yes	Korean Intellectual Property Office

IPRs' databases:


Name of the source	What information can I find?	Language
Korea Intellectual Property Rights Information Service (KIPRIS)	KIPRIS provides IP information search service (patents, trademarks, utility models, designs and Korean Patent Abstracts), provides IP administration information retreival service (examination, registration and trial status), other services include Korean to English automatic translation service (K2E- PAT), cross-lingual search (English-Korean).	English and Korean
Korean Traditional Knowledge Portal	Portal provides a vast amount of knowledge from documentation on old Korean and Chinese medicine and a wide range of articles and patent documents.	English

Research related limitations and exceptions to IPRs:


Category of IP right	Type of limitation	Description	Relevant regulation
Patents/Utility models/Designs	!!! PATENTS ONLY! Limitations on patent rights	Rights of patents should not be extented when patent application is used for purpose of research and experiment; vessels, aircrafts or vehicles merely passing through Republic of Korea; articles existing in Republic of Korea when patent application was filed; for invention of medicines in accordance with the Pharmaceutical Affairs Act.	Patent Act of 1961, article 96 of chapter V
Patents/Utility models	!!! UTILITY MODELS ONLY! Limitations on utility model rights	Effects of utility model rights do not extend if worked for research or experimentation; vessels, aircrafts or vehicles merely passing through Republic of Korea; articles existing in the Republic of Korea at the time the utility model application was filed.	Utility Model Act of 1961, article 24 of chapter V
Industrial Designs	Limitations on a design right	Effects of design right do not extend if the registered design is used for research and experiment; vessels, aircrafts or vehicles merely passing through Republic of Korea; identical products existing in the Republic of Korea at the time the application for registration of a design was filed.	Design Protection Act of 1961, article 44 of chapter V
Topographies of Semiconductor Products	Limitations on layout-design rights	The effects of a layout-design right do not exetend if reproduced for education, research, analysis, evaluation, or any other similar activities or for personal use for any non-profit purpose.	Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout Design Act of 1992, article 9 of chapter II
Trade Marks	Prior Use	A person who uses the trademark identical or similar to the registered trademark of any other person on the goods identical or similar to the designated goods shall hold the right to continually use the goods that are affixed with the relevant trademark.	Trademark Act of 1949, article 57-3
Copyright	Limitation to authors' economic rights	It is permissible to reproduce work for judicial proceedings, for the purpose of school education; use for current news report; quotations from works made public; public performance and broadcasting for non-profit purposes; for private use; reproduction in libraries; reproduction for examination questions; reproduction in Braille; ephemeral sound or visual recordings by broadcasting organizations; exhibition or reproduction of artistic works.	Copyright Act of 1957, chapters 22 to 35 of section 6

IP Office:


Name of the office	Scope of activities
Korean Intellectual Property Office	KIPO is a government authority in charge of Intellectual Property of the country, invloved in facilitation, creation, utilization and protection of Intellectual Property.

IP treaties & agreements:


Berne Convention	introduces minimum standard of copyright protection	yes
Paris Convention	establishes minimum standards of industrial property protection	yes
TRIPS		yes
WIPO conventions		yes
PCT		yes
EPC		no
Madrid Protocol	allows registration of trademarks via international route	yes
Hague Convention		no

Ownership rules:


Default (statutory) regime for the ownership	Creator/inventor or his successor in title
Default (statutory) regime for employee’s creations	Employer; in relation to patents - non-exclusive license for in-service inventions are given to the employer
Ownership of research results in publicly sponsored research	General details of cooperation are regulated by framework agreements between the partners. In case of technology licensing, the patent ownership belongs to university, in case of contract research the ownership is decided under agreements negotiated between sponsor and university separately for each project.
Specific ownership rules for public HEIs/research organisations and possibility to modify it contractually	Specific ownership rules for research organisations are not defined in the relevant act but such rules may exist at HEIs level.
Specific ownership regime for students/ visiting researchers/doctoral students and possibility to modify it contractually	Specific ownership rules for students/ visiting researchers/doctoral students are not defined in the relevant act but such rules may exist at HEIs level.
Related law (name & link)	Copyright Act of 1957 Patent Act of 1961 Design Protection Act of 1961 Seed Industry Act of 1995 Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout Design Act of 1992

Dissemination rules:


Limitations on publication	If it is a patentable IP, then protection prior to publication is needed.
Specific rules regarding publication of scientific results financed by public bodies	Framework agreements concluded between partners deal with the provisions regarding publication of scientific results, no specific rules at national level could be retrieved.
Non-disclosure clauses in research contracts	No data could be retrieved in this regard.

Specific incentives for innovation activities:


Related Law (name & Link)	Income Tax Act
Incentives provided by law for individual researchers	Tax incentives
Related Law (name & Link)	Income Tax Act
Incentives provided by HEI for researcher	Career promotion

Form of commercialisation:


Form of commercialisation	Requirements regarding form of contract	Limitations for HEIs	HEIs Unit responsible for commercialisation	Related law (name & link)
Licensing of IPR / Transfer of IPR	Written form	No	Generally through sponsored research and industrial consultancy sections (Technology Transfer Offices)	Technology Transfer and Commercialization Promotion Act of 2006

Revenue sharing:


Remuneration/ Participation in revenues	Statutory rules regarding remuneration	Statutory rules regarding revenue sharing	Internal HEIs rules regarding revenue sharing	Related law (name & link)
Patents, utility models, industrial designs, trademarks, breeders rights, integrated circuits and other forms of IP	Renumeration is non-obligatory	Proportion not specified	Individual HEI may have their own rules, no common rules to all HEIs are found.	Patent Act of 1961 Utility Model Act of 1961 Design Protection Act of 1961 Seed Industry Act of 1995 Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout Design Act of 1992
Copyright	Renumeration is obligatory	Proportion not specified	Individual HEI may have their own rules, no common rules to all HEIs are found.	Copyright Act of 1957

Models of contracts used in R&D:


Type of contracts	Short description	Source (link)
Research Contract between university and industry	KOREA UNIVERSITY Research and Business Foundation is responsible for facilitating this collaboration and the standard agreement is designed based on the requirements of the partners.	http://research.korea.ac.kr/listener.do?layout=technology_3_1