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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...
IP NewsMassive Surge in Sound Mark Applications According to Diversification of Marketing Strategies
The Korean Intellectual Property Office (Commissioner: Wonju Park) announced that the applications for registration of sound marks, which are trademarks that protect sounds such...
IP NewsCase Study - an applicant’s intent to use in the case of cancellation of a non-use trademark
In Patent Court Decision No. 2019 Heo 7740, rendered on May 15, 2020, it was ruled that an applicant’s intent-to-use was determined in a cancellation proceeding based on a non-u...
IP NewsTrademark Case Study: Distinctiveness of a figure
On March 29, 2018, the Supreme Court held that in determining similarity between the following marks, the figure parts each representing the profile of a dog should not be consi...
IP NewsKIPO, effects of “program to support joint response to disputes regarding intellectual property rights”
- KIPO, effects of “program to support joint response to disputes regarding intellectual property rights”: 53 trademarks preoccupied by a trademark broker were invalidated in China
IP NewsFinFET patent infringement case between KIP (KAIST-affiliated company) and Samsung Electronics
Last February, the US District Court of the Eastern District of Texas issued a decision requiring Samsung Electronics to pay USD 200 million in compensation for deliberate infri...
IP NewsChanges in Korean Intellectual Property System proposed for 2020
Keeping pace with the revision of the Act on Special Measures for Strengthening Competitiveness of Materials, Parts, and Equipment Industries that will come into force from Apri...
IP NewsRevised Enforcement Decree of the Patent Act – Amendment of the provision regarding period of time of delay caused by applicant
Under the current Enforcement Decree of the Patent Act, the period of time (a period of time of delay attributable to an applicant) that is excluded when an extension of the ter...