IP Report

Patent Filing Trends for High-Efficiency Secondary Batteries in the IP5 (Korea, U.S., Japan, China, and Europe)

With the commercialization of electric vehicles by U.S. company Tesla, demand for secondary batteries as a replacement for internal combustion engine fuel is expected to surge....

Patent Court Decision Regarding the Interpretation of Cases Where the Scope of a Patent Claim Includes a Description of the Material of an Article

Patent Court Ruling No. 2023Heo14578, Court Decision No. 34, Announced on August 28, 2024, Regarding the Interpretation of Cases Where the Scope of a Patent Claim Includes a Des...

Trends in South Korea's Intellectual Property Statistics for 2024 – Increase in Filings, Decrease in Registrations

Trends in South Korea’s Intellectual Property Statistics for 2024 – Increase in Filings, Decrease in Registrations

Shortening the Trademark Opposition Request Period – KIPO, “Make Every Effort to Shorten the Trademark Processing Period”

Shortening the Trademark Opposition Request Period (Current: 2 Months → Revised: 30 Days) – KIPO, “Make Every Effort to Shorten the Trademark Processing Period”

Design Classification – Reflecting the Latest Industrial Trends from 2025; Special Attention Required for Certain Items

The Korean Intellectual Property Office announced in a press release on December 30, 2024, several precautions to take regarding changes in the classification criteria for certa...

Main precedents – Supreme Court Decision No. 2021 Hu 10343 rendered on March 28, 2024

With respect to the α-form crystal of mirabegron, the descriptions “since the α-form crystal of the present invention is stable without showing hygroscopicity, it can be used as...

Patent Dispute Trends – Lawsuit between Samsung Electronics and Neonode

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed and remanded the district court’s decision in favor of Samsung Electronics.

Statistical trends in intellectual property as of July 2024

According to the statistical trends in intellectual property statistics published by the KIPO on August 8, 2021, the cumulative number of applications for patents, utility model...

Implementation of Trademark Coexistence Consent System

The “Trademark Coexistence Consent System” that permits registration of a subsequent similar trademark filed on identical or similar designated goods upon agreement from the own...