CONCEPTUAL PRINCIPLES OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT IN THE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER SYSTEM: THE EXPERIENCE OF SOUTH KOREA

Abstract

This paper outlines a comprehensive study of the management of intellectual property in the context of transfer technology in Korea Republic. The following tasks were set as the article’s objectives: 1) analysis of the current state of intellectual property in South Korea; 2) study of the system of national regulation and international agreements in the field of technology transfer of the Republic of Korea; 3) identification of the South Korean system of intellectual property management; 4) identification of advantages, disadvantages and formulation of a proposal to improve the intellectual property management system in South Korea. The dominant research methods are: the critical analysis and synthesis, the generalization method and the logical methods, and the method of structured comparison based on the literature review with the interpretative approach. The literature review was conducted based on primary sources. It was also done on queries into journal databases such as SCOPUS and the Web of Science. This study was carried out through the conceptual apparatus of investigation and formulated conclusions of logical generalization and abstraction. The results of the study were visualized through a graphical method. It takes into account the multidimensionality of the analysis, the theoretical and empirical unity principle. The paper dealing with transfer of technology and intellectual property: lessons from Korea's experience in the context of debate on the impact and relevance of intellectual property to development. It confirms, in essence, the finding of recent studies, according to which the effects of intellectual property on technology transfer will vary depending on countries' levels of economic development. The protection of intellectual property rights has increasingly become an important issue in multilateral trade negotiations. This study summarizes a case study conducted by the author based on a long period of research on technology transfer and local capacity building in that country. This paper analyzed Korea’s experience of rapid industrialization over the relevance of intellectual property in this process. This study found that there are quite different trends in the selection of the legal means of protection; firms in the software industry prefer to copyrighting, whereas firms in the manufacturing industry prefer to patent.