In patent law, an invention patent application is published early and then will have substantive examination while utility model and design patent application are only examined from format perspective. A patent application needs not only to be novel and useful but also have inventiveness. Inventiveness lies in the heart of the patent system. Inventiveness sets a more strict standa rd f or g ra nting a pa tent a nd r equires tha t a n invention as a whole should be non-obvious in light of the prior art. The original purpose of the non-obviousness makes sense in preventing those obvious inventions from enjoying monopoly and having the real invention get protected thereby promoting inventors to make their invention public to promote the development of the technology. Through the empirical analysis of patent administrative cases in our country, we find that assessing inventive step is the most prominent focus and difficulty problem, but the systematic theory and practice research on this subject matter is little. This dissertation focuses on the methods of assessing inventive step, by comparison with the United States and European patent system to find solutions. This dissertation includes three parts, the first part referred to as the theoretical part focused on the basic theoretical issues about assessing inventive step, defines inventive step and discusses its system meaning, introduces the inventive step of U.S Patent law, the European patent convention and illustrates the importance of the establishment of the system of the inventive step and significant role of inventive step criteria in patent protection. The second part discuss the mainly methods of assessing inventive step, including main influential factors and the secondary considerations. The third part presents a number of recommendations aimed to promote the objectivity, stability and unity in assessment of inventive step.
전북대학교 동북아법연구소 [Institute for North-East Asian Law]
설립연도
2007
분야
사회과학>법학
소개
전북대학교 동북아법연구소는 동북아법에 관한 국내외의 이론과 실제를 연구하고 교육하며, 그 결과를 발표하여 동북아법에 대한 이해의 증진과 동북아의 법률문화발전에 기여하기 위한 목적으로 2006년 7월 설립되었다.
서해안시대의 중심지역을 표방한 전라북도의 지리적 여건과 동북아시아의 여러 국가와의 인적 물적 교류가 확대되면서 그에 따른 여러 가지 법률문제가 발생됨에 따라 동북아시아의 지역적 특성을 고려한 법제도의 연구와 이들 국가와 거래하는 전북지역 자치단체와 기업에 대한 실질적 교육의 필요성이 대두되었다.
이러한 요청에 따라 법제도의 연구와 교육을 담당할 기관으로 전북지역 거점국립대학인 전북대학교가 동북아법연구소를 설립하게 되었고 전북 지방자치단체와 기업에 대한 교육과 자문프로그램을 운영하고 있다.