북한 지적재산권법에 대한 연구 - 북한에도 특허청이 있을까? -

There are intellectual property laws such as South Korea's patent law, trademark law, design protection Law and copyright Law in North Korea. Also, there are intellectual property-related applications and registration agencies such as South Korea's Patent Office in North Korea. But, there are considerable differences between South and North Korea's intellectual property laws in that North Korea's intellectual property laws reflects the its socialist political system. In other words, North Korea's intellectual property laws is characterized by its emphasis on the country's role as a socialist country's law. In addition, North Korea's intellectual property laws have different characteristics from South Korea's laws in that North Korea's laws places importance on the management of the country in terms of the use and profits of intellectual properties. Especially North Korea's intellectual property laws would not approve that companies can freely trade the transfer and use of their intellectual properties on the basis of the principle of private autonomy. At present, the atmosphere of economic cooperation between South and North Korea is ripe. Therefore, they should work together on intellectual property laws and systems to take advantage of them as an opportunity for economic development. A gradual approach is needed to do this, with reference to the plans for the unification of intellectual property laws adopted by West and East Germany as well as the recent introduction of a single European patent system and the establishment of an integrated patent court in the European Union.