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IP NewsRegistration of a trademark application filed by an ordinary person for a trade name of a large-scale company’s parent company is rejected
- Decision (Case No. 2020Heo2192 for invalidation of registration (trademark) rendered by the Patent Court of Korea on July 6, 2021)
IP News[Trademark] “Can anyone use registered trademarks?”
- Use of a trademark that has become a commonly used mark does not constitute infringement upon a trademark right.
IP NewsReinforced Examination Guidelines for Parameter Inventions
Proposed Revision of Patent Examination Guidelines – Revision of examination guidelines for parameter inventions and accelerated examination
IP NewsInventorship of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Disapproved
The Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) recently communicated a request for correction, with respect to an international patent application (PCT application) which had en...
IP News2021 Korea - Highlight of the Changes in IP System & Trend in Statistics
Digital forensics support targeting SMEs to secure evidence in the event of trade secret leakage (total of 90 cases in 2021)
IP NewsExpanded Scope of Protection for Non-Traditional Trademarks
The Trademark Examination Guidelines of the KIPO (KIPO Established Rule No. 119) were partially revised and came into effect on January 1, 2021.
IP NewsTrademark Industry Trends - Steady Increase of Trademark Applications Related to Companion Animals
Trademark applications related to goods for companion animals, such as dogs and cats, have steadily increased by an annual average of 12% or more over the past five years. This...
IP NewsAmendment to Patent Law Enforcement Regulations – Provisional Application System
The Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) announced a system allowing the submission of a provisional application having the detailed description of an invention without us...
IP NewsNational Assembly of Korea Passes Amendment to Patent Act Changing Amount of Compensation for Damages to Feasible Levels
The Korean Intellectual Property Office announced that the Korean National Assembly passed a partial amendment to the Korean Patent Act on May 20, 2020, which forces an alleged...
IP NewsStatistical Trends in Intellectual Property up to May 2020
According to the statistical trends in intellectual property as of May 2020 announced by the Korea Intellectual Property Office (KIPO), the cumulative number of applications inc...