Law firm Veat, Partner Attorney An Il-woon, participated in writing and reviewing content for the Korea Copyright Committee’s online training program.

Law firm Veat’s An Il-woon, a partner attorney, directly wrote and reviewed the content of the 「Copyright Issues Learned Through Key Precedents」 course within the online training program of the Korean Copyright Committee’s 'Copyright e-Learning Hub'.

The Korean Copyright Committee’s ‘Copyright e-Learning Hub’ is an online platform providing various training courses, including statutory copyright education, and aims to raise copyright awareness and foster specialized professionals by providing diverse and differentiated customized education for creators, faculty, and general public. It provides learner-centric training with customized copyright education and establishes a remote education training system for faculty development, effectively conveying practical understanding of the Copyright Act and the latest issues, making it popular not only among public and educational institutions but also among practitioners in general companies.

In particular, the 「Copyright Issues Learned Through Key Precedents」 course participated in by An Il-woon attorney is composed of recent important copyright precedents from the courts, introducing various cases to help students easily understand and apply in practice. This course focuses on allowing students to clearly understand the legal principles and their application revealed in the precedents through practical case analysis.

The key precedents covered in this course reviewed by An Il-woon attorney are as follows:

1. Mir’s Legend 2 Game Work Case (Supreme Court Ruling of May 2024. 9. 2020da250561)
2. SNS Post Case (Supreme Court Ruling of November 11, 2023. 2020do10180)
3. Database Creator Rights Case (Supreme Court Ruling of May 2022. 12. 2021do1533)
4. Doraemon Mini Block Case (Supreme Court Ruling of December 2023. 7. 2020do17863)
5. Simmmani World History Case (Supreme Court Ruling of August 2023. 18. 2023da237217)

These precedents address key legal issues related to various forms of copyrighted works, such as games, SNS posts, databases, and character products, which are becoming increasingly important along with the digital environment. Through legal interpretations and court decisions for each case, students will be able to acquire specific knowledge necessary for practical purposes, such as determining whether copyright infringement has occurred, the scope of copyright protection, and the setting of usage permissions.

Law firm Veat has accumulated expertise through years of copyright infringement litigation, license contract advisory, and other successful experiences, and has launched a TIP (Technology Intellectual Property) team led by Oh Seung-jong, a former chairman of the Korean Copyright Committee, including An Il-woon attorney, to provide more specialized legal advice in the copyright and intellectual property rights fields.

The TIP team provides in-depth legal advice on various issues such as copyright infringement, license contracts, and intellectual property disputes, and provides rapid and effective legal services by reflecting domestic and international institutional trends. In particular, it has specialized response capabilities for copyright and intellectual property rights issues in emerging technology areas such as digital content, software, games, and the metaverse.

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Law firm Veat