국내외 변리사제도의 비교를 통해 본 현행 변리사제도의 문제점과 개선방안

Reform Programs for the Improvement of the Patent Attorney System in Korea

The current patent attorney system has many problems. The most crucial one is that lawyers can acquire patent attorney qualification only by registration as a patent attorney to the Korea Intellectual Property Office. Another problem is that patent attorneys cannot perform their legal rights to represent in the patent lawsuit. Still another problem is that patent attorneys are not guaranteed for their legal as well as technical capability in the test for patent attorney qualification. These issues should be examined and cured to develop the patent system as an incentive system to innovation in the knowledge society, in which the importance of intellectual property rights are very high.