
Expands investigation beyond trade secret infringement to include national core technology and national advanced strategic technology leak crimes
The Ministry of Intellectual Property announced on the 14th that it is seeking to revise the Judicial Police Service Act to expand the scope of investigation by the technology police from infringement of existing trade secrets to crimes of leakage of national core technologies and national advanced strategic technologies.
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Previously, the Technology Police of the Ministry of Intellectual Property could only investigate patent and trade secret infringement crimes.
Expands beyond trade secret infringement to include leakage of national core technology and national advanced strategic technology
(Daejeon = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Jun-ho = The Ministry of Intellectual Property announced on the 14th that it will begin to revise the law to expand the scope of investigation by the technology police beyond trade secret infringement to include national core technology and national advanced strategic technology leak crimes.
This is because the Technology Police of the Ministry of Intellectual Property can only investigate crimes of patent and trade secret infringement, and do not have the authority to directly investigate crimes under related laws such as the Industrial Technology Protection Act.
As the recently revised Criminal Procedure Act makes it impossible for prosecutors of the Public Prosecution Office to carry out supplementary investigations, there are concerns that case processing may be delayed or some charges may be omitted in the process of transferring related charges to other investigative agencies for investigation.
Accordingly, the Ministry of Intellectual Property plans to promote the revision of the Judicial Police Service Act so that the technology police can directly investigate not only trade secret infringement but also crimes involving leaks of national core technologies and national advanced strategic technologies.
Kim Yong-seon, Director of the Intellectual Property Office, said, "Leaking advanced technology is a serious crime that goes beyond corporate damage and threatens national economic security and industrial competitiveness. We will quickly revise related laws and regulations to ensure that there are no gaps in technology leak investigations during the reform of the criminal justice system, and respond quickly and effectively to core technology leak crimes based on the expertise of the technology police."
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