The World economy is entering the age of intellectual property leaving behind
the industrial age. While tangible assets such as land, labor and capital matter
in the industrial age, intangible assets such as patents, copyright and designs
matter in the age of intellectual property.
Since the 1990’s the Korean economy has faced limitation in quantitative
growth generated by the input of production factors such as labor and capital.
In response, it has become imperative for Korea to transform itself into an
innovative economic system which goes beyond mere productivity enhancement.
To leap forward to a high-value knowledge-based economy, it is vitally
important to capitalize on the paradigmatic shift in the world economy centering
on intellectual property and creative industry.
On July 29, the President of the Republic of Korea presided over the meeting of
the Presidential Council on National Competitiveness to make a decision for the
promotion of national strategy on making the nation an intellectual property
power house.
The Consultative Committee for Intellectual Property Policies and its
Secretariat were established under the Prime Minister to carry forward important
preparatory tasks including legislation of a "Framework Act on Intellectual
Property."
* Regulation on the Establishment and Operation of the Consultative
Committee for Intellectual Property Policies(Prime Minister’s Instruction) was
set and promulgated. (October 27, 2009)
The Framework Act on Intellectual Property(IP Framework Act) was enacted and
taken effect on July 20, 2011. The Act stipulates the creation of Presidential
Council on Intellectual Property(PCIP) co-chaired by Prime Minister and private
expert and the formulation of a master plan for national intellectual property,
among other things.
The Presidential Council on Intellectual Property was established on July
28, 2011, and its administrative body, Office of IP Strategy and Planning on
September 1, 2011.