This is a quarterly newsletter of recent developments in Korean intellectual property laws and policies from Kim & Chang.

This issue includes:

PATENT

• Korean Courts Begin to Define When to Apply Enhanced Damages for Willful Patent Infringement
• IP High Court Holds That Foreign Online Listings Targeting Korean Consumers Can Infringe a Korean Patent
• IP High Court Rules that a Rejection Based on Different Compared Elements of the Same Prior Art from a Previous Rejection Is a New Rejection Ground Allowing Further Response and Amendment
• Rethinking the Clock: Korea’s Supreme Court Redefines When Employee-Invention Compensation Claims Arise—and When They Expire
• MOIP Publishes Examination Guidelines for Semiconductor Inventions
• Korea Boosts Tech Protection: New Monetary Rewards for Preventing and Reporting Overseas Trade Secret Leaks

TRADEMARK, DESIGN, COPYRIGHT & UNFAIR COMPETITION

• Korean Court Invalidates Generic Drug Trademarks in Landmark Pharmaceutical Brand Protection Case
• MOIP Releases Guidelines on AI-Assisted Design Applications: “The Creator Must Be Human”
• Korea Allows Transfer of <.KR> Domain Names to Foreign Rights Holders Not Having a Korean Address

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