응용미술과 디자인의 권리 보호 체계

The Protection System of Applied Art and Design - The cumulative application of Copyright Law and Design Law

The recent Amendments to the Copyright Law extended the copyrightability of works of applied art. These Amendments give designers freedom to broaden the scope and conditions of copyright protection. So there would be many cases it is possible to obtain cumulative protection in relation to the copyright and design regimes in Korea. There are various forms that cumulative protection of design or applied art takes. In France and some EU members states full cumulative protection has been adopted. Other countries provide partially cumulative protection where only previously registered designs may also be subject to copyright protection if they meet certain condition. ( e.g. By satisfying the 'separability' test.) In our legal system the principle of cumulation with copyright and design protection have to be harmonized. It is necessary to find a possible solution by reviewing synthetically the Copyright Law and Design Law.