[Digital Today Reporter Kang Jin-gyu] Woori Bank (Chief Kwon Kwang-seok) announced on the 26th that it has signed a business agreement with the Korean Patent Attorneys Association to discover and foster innovative growth companies with intellectual property rights.
At the signing ceremony, major officials of the two companies, including Woori Bank President Kwon Kwang-seok and Hong Jang-won, chairman of the Korean Patent Attorneys Association, participated in the agreement to actively cooperate to discover and foster new innovative growth companies with excellent intellectual property rights such as patent rights, utility model rights, and design rights did.
Woori Bank plans to provide financial support to companies with intellectual property rights recommended by the Korean Patent Attorneys Association in cooperation with the Korea Technology Guarantee Fund to provide financial support to companies that have difficulty securing operating funds despite having excellent intellectual property rights.
In addition to direct investment in companies with excellent intellectual property rights, the two companies plan to cooperate to provide financial support to companies applying for overseas intellectual property rights in the future.
“Through this agreement, Kwon Kwang-seok, head of Woori Bank, said, “Through this agreement, we will provide competitive financial services by creating synergy between the two companies, from discovering, fostering, and investing in companies with excellent intellectual property rights, as well as financial support for excellent companies with overseas intellectual property rights.” said.
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