Now we got a piece of negotiation documents of KORUS FTA. They reveal the US unilateralism, which will be pursued more strongly by the Trump Administration. Efforts of Korean negotiators to insert “Korea” into the KORUS Preamble were all failed. Compare the final text and failed proposals of South Korean Government (SKG). US Proposal (16 June 2007) …
[Also posted at http://infojustice.org/archives/37215] South Korea has a civil law tradition based on the modern European civil law systems. The civil law tradition was one of the obstacles when civil societies and lawmakers tried to introduce flexible and open-ended fair use exceptions into the Korean Copyright Act (“KCA”) in 2005 and 2009. According to opposers, the …
When the KorUS FTA was negotiated from 2006, the Korean Supreme Court delivered its opinion against ISDS to the Korean government twice in 2006 and 2007. Ridiculously, the opinion of 2006 was disappeared for unknown reason. Here is the opinion of 2007. English translation was made by the Korea National Assembly in May 2012 upon …
This is a rare victory. The court has long been reluctant to raise hands of individuals having rights to know, especially when it comes to trade agreements. Back in 2007 when the KorUS FTA talk was close to a conclusion, the court decided in favor of the Korean government to keep confidential draft texts of …
One of the controversies in implementing the KorUS FTA is whether biological products are subject to the patent linkage obligation of the KorUS FTA. The debate was provoked by the Korean government’s proposal which applies the patent linkage to biologics. But it is unclear if the FTA text imposes such an obligation. Chapter 18 (IPRs) has no definition …
Abstract This article delves into the Copyright Act as amended to implement the Korea-EU and the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreements and reveals inconsistency between them and several provisions of FTAs not being reflected into the Copyright Act. Further the U.S. Copyright Act and Criminal Act are reviewed to show how the U.S. fails to take …
Korean National Assembly Members’ Caucus Against the Korea-US FTAKorean Alliance Against the Korea-US FTA For Immediate Release Jan. 27, 2011Contact: Heesob Nam – +82-10-9981-1180, hurips@gmail.comMi-kyung Ryu – +82-10-9279-7106, inter@kctu.org Joint Statement of Korean lawmakers, labor unions, farmers and civil society groups on the proposed Korea-U.S. FTA We, the Korean National Assembly members’ Caucus Against the Korea-US …
Abstract “Insider governance” of Patent Office is a keyword to explain a policy-making process of Korea patent system. The Korea patent policy has been made by a narrow group of experts within Patent Office which relies upon patent seekers for its income. This article calls for more critical assessment of the role of Patent Office …