South Korean Legal Protection To Intellectual Property Rights Of Online Game Software

With the continuous development of computer and communication technology, network environments become more complex, there have been many objects need to be protected in the Korean Intellectual Property field, one of which is the network game program. The practical problem we face is:due to the spread of the various classes of network games and imitation highly prone to violations, and this phenomenon is becoming increasingly common.In the case of networking, the boundaries between countries is not so clear. The network game program copyright infringement disputes or litigation is also very easy to go beyond the limit of a country’s rise to international litigation. Process due to the formulation and revision of the law requires, for the newborn object of protection, would like to take protective measures in a timely manner is very difficult. Therefore, on this aspect of academic research has become more pressing up, and is also necessary for countries outside of Korea Comparative Study.This paper first describes the relationship between intellectual property and network programs, and outlines the current situation and the specific methods of protection legislation of various countries on the online game software. And then enter the theory, for the protection of online game software is described in detail Korean copyright law and statutory rights of authentication and protection measures in the Trademark Law, Patent Law and the Unfair Competition Prevention Law. In which the corresponding introduction of many instances in the Korean online game software infringement dispute, case, and proposed a program to solve all problems, namely the combination of theory and case studies to clarify the legal conservation status of South Korea, the laws on the network game program and to some suggestions for improvement. In conclusion, the article described above analysis of the existing computer Regulations on the Protection of practical significance and revelation, in order to promote exchanges and cooperation between China and South Korea in the online game software and intellectual property.