2011 ICR Seminar: Overview of Problems Concerning IPR Licensing in the Software Industry

2011 Seminars Organized by ICR Center

Regulations over Licensing of Intellectual Property Rights

◊ Venue : International Conference Room(19th floor), Korea Intellectual Property Service Center, Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu

◊ Date : Monday, March 7, 2011

◊ Time : 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm

◊ Programme

【Session 1】 The Importance of Regulations over Licensing of Intellectual Property Rights

14:00 ~ 14:10   Opening Remarks

               Jin-Hee Yoo (Professor, Korea University; Director, ICR Center)

14:10 ~ 14:50   Introduction and Overview

               Topic I : Sang-Jo Chung (Professor, Seoul National University; Director, Technology and Law Center)

               “The Role and Tasks of Antitrust Law in Today's Internet Enviornment"

               Topic II : Tae-Hun Choi (Deputy Head, Strategic Planning of Intellectual Property Team, Prime Minister's Office)

                “The Basic Strategy of Korea's Intellectual Property and the Regulation of Intellectual Property Rights”

14:50 ~ 15:10   Coffee Break

【Session 2】 Overview of Problems Concerning IPR Licensing in the Software Industry

15:10 ~ 16:30   Presentations

                Moderated by In-Ho Lee(Professor, Seoul National University)

               Topic I : Jae-Pil Choi (Proferssor, Michigan State Univ.)

               “Compulsory Licensing as an Antitrust Remedy" 

               Topic II : Seung-Woo Son (Professor, Dankook University)

                “The Relation between Licensing Intellectual Rights and Regulating Monopolistic Activities Drawn from the IBM Case”

               Topic III : Chul-Nam Lee (Professor, Chung Nam University)

               “The Competition between Open-source Software and Intellectual Property Rights”

16:30 ~ 18:00   Panel and Open Discussion

                Moderated by In-Ho Lee(Professor, Seoul National University)

                Ki-Ho Yoon (Professor, Korea University), Sung-Wook Eun (Attorney, Yulchon) Jae-Hoon (Attorney, Google), Chul-Hyun Kwon  

                (Compliance Manager, Fair Trade Commission)

18:00 ~   Closing Remarks and Reception