This is a quarterly newsletter of recent developments in Korean intellectual property laws and policies from Kim & Chang.
This issue includes:
PATENT
- Kim & Chang Successfully Obtains Both Injunctive Relief and Monetary Damages for Infringement of Crystalline Form Patents
- Shaping PTE Scope in Korea: How Korean Case Law is Defining Patent Protection During PTE
- Supreme Court Holds Patent Non-Use Agreement Valid and Enforceable Despite Subsequent Patent Invalidation
- Expedited Examination Now Available in More Technology Fields
- KIPO Publishes Examination Guidelines for Digital Healthcare Inventions
- KIPO Implements Changes to Further Fast-Track Biotech Patent Applications
- Supreme Court Overturns KFTC Decision on the Abuse of a Market-Dominant Position Through the Exercise of IP Rights
- Legislative Update on Proposed Amendments to Korea's Industrial Technology Protection Framework: MOTIE Announces Proposed Rulemaking to the Enforcement Decree and Rules of the Industrial Technology Protection Act
- New Formal Drug Data Protection System Introduced in Korea
- KIPO Report on "100 Selected Patents on Battery Fire Safety Technology"
TRADEMARK, DESIGN & COPYRIGHT
- Amendment to Trademark Act to Combat Influx of Counterfeit Imports
- Amendments to the Korean Design Protection Act
- High Court Dismisses Copyright Infringement Case Concerning Golf Courses, Based on Lack of Sufficient Creativity Required for Copyright Protection
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