한-EU FTA의 지적재산권 주요 쟁점 분석

Abstract

In May 2006, Korea and European Union declared that both parties would negotiate for concluding the free trade agreement. Both parties have sit on the table for 8 times until now, they failed to reach an agreement. It is expected that both parties will conclude the negotiation when the summits of both parties meet in Seoul at the end of May. As a matter of fact, both parties have come to a consensus on all IP issues except for geographical indications. This paper intends to analyze some major intellectual property issues of the Korea-EU FTA by reviewing the IP issues of the KORUS FTA. This paper deals with some copyright issues such as performing rights and Droit de Suite, and some industrial property issues such as geographical indications and the protection of pharmaceutical products information. This paper concludes that both FTAs Korea concluded or is negotiating will have much impact on the enforcement of intellectual property in Korea.