지리적표시 단체표장의 위조상표 단속 강화방안

Abstract

The Special Judicial Police Force for Trademark of Korean Intellectual Property established in 2010, in order to regulate counterfeit trademark, have always been 97% weighted towards regulating and protecting foreign brands. Due to this phenomenon, it is only natural that the Special Judicial Police Force for Trademark of Korean uses more of its budget and places more effort into regulating and protecting foreign brands, neglecting its duty to korean brands. Meanwhile, the Korean Intellectual Property Office established the Geographical Indication Collective Mark in 2005, in order to protect the rights of local product brands in Korea, and began actively enforcing budget support to further encourage its rights. In result, nearing the end 2014, there were 298 registrations of the Geographical Indication Collective Mark, and the numbers have been increasing every year since. However, despite the positive feedback, it is still evident that the efforts of the Korean Intellectual Property Office for the illegal use of regional brands in korea are close to non-existent. In situations like this, the active involvement of the Special Judicial Police Force for Trademark of Korean is crucial in order to enforce the rights and prevent violation of the Geographical Indication Collective Mark. It is expected that the regulation placed from the Special Judicial Police Force for Trademark of Korean (with the help of the Geographical Indication Collective Mark) on Korean brands will alleviate to some degree, the heavy bias present towards foreign brands. With the measures taken to strengthen the enforcement of the Geographical Indication Collective Mark, its goal of protecting the expected profit of consumer for real goods, allowing maintenance of credit of producer groups, and further activating the local economy must be fulfilled.