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Science ministry and IP office discuss R&D2IP strategy to strengthen performance links

South Korea\'s Ministry of Science and ICT and the Korean Intellectual Property Office held a joint R&D to IP (R&D2IP) strategy consultative meeting on Tuesday to discuss ways to strengthen inter-agency cooperation. About 20 participants from related institutions and private-sector experts attended. They discussed a cooperation system across the R&D process, from project planning and execution to patent creation and commercialisation. The agencies plan to run the platform regularly and develop policy and institutional improvement tasks.

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MSIT, KIPO launch kickoff meeting for patent information AI agent project

South Korea\'s Ministry of Science and ICT and the Korean Intellectual Property Office held a kickoff meeting on Friday for the second year of development of the \"Easy patent information agent model\" at the government complex in Daejeon. The project is part of the ministry\'s Public AX Project. This year the agencies plan to expand the model\'s functions and apply it to KIPRIS, KIPO\'s intellectual property information search service.

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South Korea to pick K-Startup of the Year 2026, raises prize to 500 million won

South Korea launched its largest multi-ministry startup competition, K-Startup of the Year 2026, with an integrated announcement on March 27. Nine ministries will jointly run the contest, which was revamped from Challenge! K-Startup and refocused on early-stage firms alongside a new startup project for aspiring founders. The top prize rises to 500 million won, and follow-up support expands to the top 20 teams. An AI league is newly added among 12 leagues.