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a technology dispute between large companies and SMEs, a ruling has been made in which small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) partially win. Although the Supreme Court's ruling leaves the mark, the industry is paying attention as large corporations are held accountable for technology misappropriation, especially when punitive damages are applied for the first time.



Correspondent Lee Hye-mi.



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Solar power equipment manufacturer SJ Innotech signed a subcontract contract with Hanwha in 2011 and delivered key technical data related to solar products owned by the company to Hanwha.



However, I found out later that Hanwha was manufacturing solar products and supplying them to affiliates.



The company reported to the Fair Trade Commission, claiming that Hanwha had misappropriated its technology, and the Fair Trade Commission judged that Hanwha had stolen the company's technology and filed a complaint against the executives and employees to the prosecution.



However, the prosecution's disposition was not indicted.



I lost in the first trial for damages and wondered if it would end like this, but the judgment of the appeals court was different.



The company ruled in favor of Hanwha, saying that it was accepted that the company's drawings attached to the manual were used without permission.



In particular, based on the fact that Hanwha made no effort to remedy the damage, punitive compensation was applied to pay 1 billion won, double the 500 million won in damages.



It's been six years since the two sides started a technology dispute.



[Bakhuigyeong / supplier side procurator: I think that Article and the first case to overturn the first instance the losing ruling in useful events, the first case received punitive damages of up to twice the Court case law acknowledged -



Hanwha ruling He said he would appeal against it.



He said that he would wait for the final judgment of the Supreme Court, saying that it used publicly available information and that it was a technology developed by the company by hiring six experienced employees.



(Video coverage: Kim Seong-il, video editing: Kim Jong-tae, CG: Jeong Hoe-yun)