Since 1999, the total cases have increased 30~40% every year to 1,469 cases,
KIPO said.
Patent application for data broadcasting services (which
is technology that provides diverse contents to broadcasting programs) is on the
rise. This came from the new multimedia environment as a result of conversion of
broadcasting and communication technology. There is also an expectation of a
growing demand for data broadcasting service through 2-way digital multimedia
broadcasting (DMB) service.
On March 27 the Korean Intellectual Property
Office (KIPO) stated that the number of publicized patent application for DMB
service technology totaled 1,469 from 1999 to 2003. Applications have increased
30 ~ 40% every year on average for the past 5 years. Interestingly, in this
field, foreign applicants are showing a relatively high proportion of
application rate, 37%, while Koreans account for 63%.
Among the domestic
applicants, LG Electronics, Samsung Electronics, Daewoo Electronics and
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) are at the top of
the list.
Particularly, it was found that LG Electronics and Samsung
Electronics are leading the domestic application, making up 40% and 21%,
respectively.
The KIPO said that this shows that Koreans are making
active investments in R&D for applied transmission protocol technology
linking digital broadcasting and data broadcasting and strategic research
focusing on development and commercialization of DMB-related products.
Meanwhile, the KIPO is planning to expand its operation of ‘Digital
TV Patent Research Center’ to ‘DMB Patent Research Center’. This is to support
the commercialization of patented technologies and to prevent patent disputes as
it recognizes the need for strategic patent operation and licensing information.
It will also prepare for possible patent dispute among businesses as a result of
rising applications.
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