This is a quarterly newsletter of recent developments in Korean intellectual property laws and policies from Kim & Chang.
This issue includes:
PATENT
- Korean Supreme Court Again Warns Against Hindsight Bias in Reviewing Numerical Limitation Inventions
- Korea Considers How to Address Creative Works by Artificial Intelligence
- KIPO Improves Examination Guidelines for 4th Industrial Revolution Technologies
- KIPO Publishes Examination Casebook for Autonomous Vehicle Inventions Based on Its Recent Examination Guidelines
- More Criminal Investigations and Heavier Punishments for Misappropriation of Trade Secrets and Industrial Technologies in Korea
- Non-Compete Agreements in Korea
TRADEMARK, DESIGN, COPYRIGHT & UNFAIR COMPETITION
- Korea Is Poised to Allow Letters of Consent for Trademark Co-Existence
- MOJ Announces Bill to Establish the "Right of Publicity" in the Civil Code
- Partial Rejections and Re-Examination System Now Effective in Korea
- Can a Well-Known Mark Owner Raise a Consumer Confusion Claim Against a Good Faith Prior User?
- Supreme Court Sets Limits to "Freedom to Operate" Defense in Design Cases
- The Impact of Design Classification Changes on Partial Examination
- Korea Customs Service Publishes 2021 Annual Report on IPR Seizures
- Trademark and Compliance Issues Flagged in Korean Customs' Crackdown on Illegal Direct Overseas Purchases
- The Korean Patent Court Will Now Be Called the "Intellectual Property High Court" in English
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