KOREA
KIPO
(Korean Intellectual Property Office) and JPO (Japan Patent Office) had a
meeting for the first time in 6 years.
On May 31,
2023, a meeting of the heads of the Korea-Japan Intellectual Property Office
was held in Japan, and the two countries discussed current issues in their
respective intellectual property fields and future cooperation.
The meeting
was held for the first time in six years since 2017. It is meaningful in that
high-level meetings in the field of intellectual property have resumed at a
time when shuttle diplomacy between Korea and Japan is being restored following
the bilateral summits held in March and May 2023.
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Lee In-sil,
head of the Korean Intellectual Property Office, and Hamano, head of the
Japanese Intellectual Property Office, agreed on the need for mutual
cooperation for the development of the intellectual property system in a
situation where new technologies are rapidly developing such as artificial
intelligence, the Internet of Things, Metaverse, and the importance of
innovation for the realization of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) such
as responding to climate change, is growing. In addition, it was agreed to
reactivate the working-level consultative body in the fields of
trademark/design examination, judgment, informatization, and strengthening of
examiners' capacity, and to share experiences for exchange of examiners between
the two administrations and establishment of a patent classification system
related to green technology. Furthermore, the heads of both offices agreed to
continue working-level discussions, such as information exchange, regarding the
joint patent examination (CSF)1) to provide speedy and accurate patent examination
services to applicants from both countries.
Lee In-sil,
head of the Korean Intellectual Property Office, officially requested the visit
of the head of the Japanese Intellectual Property Office, Hamano, to Korea at
the meeting of the heads of the Korea-China-Japan Intellectual Property Office
to be held in Korea in the second half of this year. The two offices promised
to cooperate closely in the future so that the Korea-China-Japan Intellectual
Property Office meeting can be held successfully. Mr. Hamano, head of Japan's
Intellectual Property Office, proposed a new framework for discussion to help
both offices understand the projects of the world's top five intellectual
property offices (IP5), including the Green Transformation Technologies
Inventory (GXTI). Prior to the meeting, KIPO held a meeting with the Korean
companies that have entered in the Japanese local market to support economic
cooperation with Japan in terms of intellectual property and listened to
difficulties and suggestions in the field of intellectual property, and
discussed ways to support the government at the KOTRA (Korea Trade-Investment
Promotion Agency) Tokyo Trade Center, where the Japanese Overseas Intellectual
Property Center (IP-DESK) is located.
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1)The
Collaborative Search Program (CSF) means that examiners from both countries
share the prior art search results for quick examination at the request of the
applicant when applying for the same invention in both countries.
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CHINA
China's Tencent, 4 patents for 'tactile feedback' barrier-free technology open
for free
On May 18,
2023, China's Tencent opened 4 patents for 'tactile feedback' barrier-free1)
technology free of charge to society on the occasion of 'World Accessibility
Awareness Day'2).
Tencent
announced that it would promote the wide-ranging settlement of cutting-edge
technologies in the barrier-free field by lowering barriers to technology use
and increasing the reliability of guaranteeing intellectual property rights
through the patent open permission 3) method.
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1. Development background
This
technology was developed by the Tencent Game team, MTGPA (Terminal Technology
Optimization Project), and was originally applied to the Chinese mobile game 和平精英 (Game for Peace) to apply vibration
special effects to more than 200 specific scenarios such as game characters,
weapons, and carriers. and enhance the immersive experience. Based on
application in game scenarios, Tencent Game team, MTGPA designed a complete
solution including standard vibration file format, software and hardware
interactive interface protocol, vibration effect evaluation, etc., and promoted
it as the first domestic industry standard and international standard. This
improves the versatility of tactile feedback technology and provides the
possibility to apply information accessibility and other fields.
2. Barrier-free effect
The
technology is applied to terminal devices such as mobile phones and tablets to
deliver differentiated information through a combination of vibration time,
frequency, and intensity to enhance the ability of visually impaired users to
recognize the environment. At the same time, there is an effect of solving
difficult problems such as insufficient information acquisition, inconvenience
in device interaction, and invasion of personal privacy. For example, visually
impaired users can get hints about their geographic location while moving
through various tactile vibrations, and when browsing information, they can
better understand the overall picture of information by combining vibration
effects with the flow of graph curves. In addition, when receiving a phone
call, vibration indicates the type of caller, preventing leakage of personal
information due to voice reading in a public place. In terms of equipment
interaction, various vibration designs can be used to identify virtual buttons
on the application interface without completely relying on the voice reading
screen.
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1)
Barrier-free is the concept of breaking down physical and institutional
barriers so that the elderly or the disabled can live a comfortable life
(source: KIPO).
2) Global
Accessibility Awareness Day is the third Thursday of May every year.
3)
Permission to open a patent refers to the 'open license' system in which the
patentee voluntarily sets the standard for disclosure of the license (license)
and usage fee, and applies for and announces it to the administrative
department, and the user pays the usage fee set for the patent. .
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