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Character & Licensing Merchandising Animation IT ⓒ ⓒ ⓒ ⓒ Company Overview COntents Signature COnvergence Improvement Global signature of contents & characters! Aim at convergence of "Contents" and "Technology" Overview Organization chart + Company COSCOI Co.,Ltd CEO + Establishment August 15, 2009 Management + CEO Kim Jinwook Support Department + Workforce 50 persons Strategic Planning Department + Address Office 33, Mapo-daero 19-gil, Mapo-gu, Seoul, Korea • Office1 Tel. 070.8670.0130 / Fax. 02-3453-6468 + Contact • Office2 Tel. 070.8670.0159 MD Biz HQ IT Biz HQ Contents Biz HQ • Email [email protected] / [email protected] • Design Team • Business Planning • Game Studio • Business Planning Team • Animation Studio Team • Convergence + Business • Planning, producing and sales of media contents and animation • Sales Management Technology Team Area • Producing and sales of convergence contents • Online Business Team • www.coscoi.net (Representative website) + Related Average age of 30, • www.3ting.co.kr (3D printing service platform) website • www.toynkids.com (character goods online shopping mall) [ Young and Competitive Company, COSCOI! ] - 5 - Certificate / Intellectual Properties / “Cultural Contents, Small Giants” Partners / Government Task Certificate Certified year Contents Certificate authority 2013.11.19 Certificate of Small Giant with Cultural Contents Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism – IBK 2014.05.25 Venture Company Certificate Korea Technology Finance Corporation 2016.09.20 Conduct project and training of balancing between work and learning Human Resources Development Service of Korea 2016.10.19 Certified as the research affiliated with enterprise (since April, 2012) Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning 2016.10.25 Management innovative business(MAIN-BIZ) Certificate SM Business Administration Partners Partnership Date Related Organization Contents for Partnership 2016.02.24 Japanese Fuji Toy NDA implementing SMART TOY business 2016.04.22 Chinese Shanghai Shindong Culture Limited Fist of Fu Animation Joint investment and MOU for business partnership 2016.06.07 Microsoft Korea Voice recognition SMART TOY Business NDA 2016.07.01 Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute(ETRI) NDA related to Mobile 3D Printing Contents and SMART TOY 2016.09.13 National IT Industry Promotion Agency MOU for Mobile 3D Printing Contents Application Service Statement of implementing government task Task Ordering Company R&D amount Develop service technology and supportive platform of 3D Printing-based craft, Korea Creative Content Agency(KOCCA) 782 million won sculpture, character Mobile-based 3D Printing Contents Develop of technology and application service of IT Communications Technology Industry Center 11 million 850 thousand won creation, production, and printing Develop core original technology and development tool kit to compose real-time Ministry of Science and ICT 94 million 620thousand won video for arbitrary space indoor and outside - 6 - Certificate / Intellectual Properties “Cultural Contents, Small Giants” / Partners / Government Task Intellectual Property Registration Registration Year Type Application/ Registration No. Registration Organization Contents Commissioner of Korea 2014.11.27 Registration of Patent 20070119878 Character animation system and related method Intellectual Property Office Commissioner of Korea 2017.01.09 Registration of Patent 10-2017-0002995 3D contents production service method based on fan signing event via Internet network Intellectual Property Office 2017.02.20 Registration of Patent 1711581 Overseas Application Web-based Ordering Design 3D Printing Service System Commissioner of Korea 2017.05.31 Registration of Patent 1744260 Mobile-based 3D printing, producing and sales service system for character figure Intellectual Property Office Commissioner of Korea 2017.09.13 Registration of Patent 10-2016-0018628 Mobile-based 3D printing service system Intellectual Property Office 2014.04.04 Registration of copyrights C2014007830 Korean Copytight Commission NOBAH. D C2017004047 C2017004049 2017.02.13 Registration of copyright Korean Copytight Commission GO EAST ; Banamong / Mr. Peanut / Mandu Mandu / Cream cat C2017004048 C2017004050 2017.04.06 Registration of copyrights C2017008970 Korean Copytight Commission Sloo Commissioner of Korea 2015.06.03 Trademark rights registration 401109602,03 NOBAH 25 types 28 types a total of 32 cases Intellectual Property Office Commissioner of Korea 2016.12.30 Trademark rights registration 40-2016-0120757 GO EAST Trademark right Intellectual Property Office Commissioner of Korea 2016.11.04 Registration of Patent 30-2016-0052959 [M001] Sloo Smart-band Intellectual Property Office 30-2016-0052959 [M001] Commissioner of Korea 2016.11.04 Registration of Design Voice recognition, toy cars / dolls 30-2016-0052963 [M001] Intellectual Property Office Commissioner of Korea 2016.11.04 Registration of Design 30-2016-0053058 [M001] Kettlebell Intellectual Property Office Intellectual Property application Registration Year Type Application/ Registration No. Registration Organization Contents Commissioner of Korea 2016.02.17 Patent application 20160018625 Web-based character figure 3D Printing Sales Service System Intellectual Property Office Commissioner of Korea 2016.12.21 Patent application 1020160175783 Method of 3D Modelling Ordering Production Service of masterpiece through Internet Network Intellectual Property Office Commissioner of Korea Production system of contents with restructured story through story restructuring and method of selling 2016.12.26 Patent application 1020160178737 Intellectual Property Office restructured story contents production of restructuring story through Internet PCT/KR2017/ 2017.02.23 Patent application PCT International Application Web-based Ordering Design 3D Printing Service System 001732 Commissioner of Korea 2016.12.30 Trademark rights application 40-2016-0120757 GO EAST Trademark rights Intellectual Property Office - 7 - ⓒ COSCOI BEGINNING Since 2000 when Starting only with dream and passion… - 9 - Business Contents 4 Business Areas of COSCOI to Maximize Contents Value Character & Licensing Merchandising • Plan and design entertainment • Plan, production, marketing, and distribution of • Develop and marketing brand character products through character & deign • Service of proposing character consulting • Propose character MD associated with each and commercialization strategy business • Expand additional business through active • Hold the most reference and best technological IP licensing power among figure production companies in • UNIVERSALSTUDIO‘s official agent (Jan. 2013) Korea (As of February, 2017, developed 322 figure products) Animation IT • Plan and produce independent IP-based • Develop smart toys converged with IoT, AI, animation voice recognition technology • Hold workforce professional in animation • Develop SI / SM, and mobile application production and distribution • Artifact sculpture, character creation based on 3D printing • Lead VR animation industry by utilizing • Develop and operate platform of contents UE4 production technology service technology and support • Hold network to distribute in abroad markets • Plan and develop AR mobile games - 10 - Accumulated Experience and Capacity COSCOI, Global contents company breathing the life into character Develop 154 characters and develop 322 kinds of figure goods Company holding the reference of [ No. 1 character merchandising in Korea since its foundation ] - 11 - Company IP Line-up Hold a total of 6 independent IPs which completed character development and Animation Pre-Production Nonverbal Slapstick Comedy [GO EAST] Easy going, Sloth [SLOO] Bear Brothers with Curious to Science Virtual Reality Entertainer [NOBAH] [Sciwoongs] - 12 - Growth Story Global Character Animation Production Company Evolution Enhance Capacity of Selected ‘Development of core tech for Real-time image 2017.08 Independent Infra Structure composition in unstructured in-outdoor environment’ R&D 2017.03 Opened newly built Go-East character promotion Web-site Professional outsourcing Sustainable Growth 2017.02 Baskinrobbins KISSES Smart lamp 2017.02 Built Samkang co.,ltd Website and open service production company 2014.11 Select KOCCA's 3D Printing R&D Project 2017.02 Receive order of SK Rental car and establish Information System Build 'Science All' System of Korea Foundation for the 2014.09 Advancement of Science and Creativity Receive order of Hyndai mobis and establish Workplace within Challenge 2017.01 the company Developed character of EBS & Freewill 'Cococo Daco' and 2011.12 Contract of supplying Star MD Goods(Sidus HQ) 2014.08 signed contract of style guide 2016.10 Opened 3D Printing service and newly built 3Ting Web-site Increase of Capital of 100 million won(A total capital Develop 'Nobah' independent character supported by 2016.08 Built OH-POP Website and open service 2011.10 2014.07 of 250 million won) hologram government 2016.07 GS25 - Nexon Pink Bean Promotion • Develop/Product MBC 'Unlimited Challenge' Signed the contract of Kakao Talk Season 1 character 2014.05 2016.06 Receive order of Hankook Tire EP(Enterprise Portal) Member Brick Figure commercialization • Planning, design and produce KBS 'TOP Band' MD 2016.06 Produce PEANUTS Snoopy Baskinrobins Figure 2011.09 Selected Next Generation ICT service provider of Ministry of goods 2013.06 Science, ICT, and Future Planning & KOCCA • Open ATIATO(integrated shopping mall of star, 2016.04 LG Care - Beyond Pororo design goods) SK Telecom, fruit sharing donation site development,
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