Kasan Insight :: Korea IP Law Blog

Trade secret Infringers may be prosecuted as criminals in addition to civil litigations. The Korean UCPA stipulates that anyone who illegall...

1. Initiation of Investigation Investigation is initiated upon discovery of the possibility that a crime may have been committed. The ult...

1. What is Trade Secret under Korean law? “Trade secret” under Article 2.2 of the UCPA of Korea means technical or business informa...

Statistics of KIPO - IP Applications Trend Over Three Years in Korea

Article 30 of the Korean Patent Act provides 12 months grace period for disclosed inventions. In inventor or his assignee may obtain a pate...

Baraclude tablets are a blockbuster drug of BMS that has been sold for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B virus infection in Korea. BMS ...

Roche launched Herceptin for the treatment of HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer in Korea. And Celltrion, a Korean Pharmaceutical compa...

Remicade is a monoclonal antibody to treat RA. This blockbuster biopharmaceutical product was developed and has been sold by Centocor that ...

KIPO published the annual report of 2013 that includes statistics of filing numbers. In 2013, KIPO received 204,589 new patent applicat...

1. Background GSK owned a Korean patent for ondansetron, antiemetic drug and sold with a tradename as Zofran. Dong-A Pharmaceutical ...

The FTA between Korea and USA includes provisions regarding the patent drug market approval (MA) linkage. Pursuant to the KORUS FTA, Korea h...

Korea becomes one of the largest pools of patent publications in the world. In every year, KIPO receives over 350,000 domestic patent appli...

In 2011, KIPO received about 180,000 patent applications. Among them, 23%, 40,890 Korean patent applications were filed by foreign applica...

In general, a claim with functional language is very often objected by the Examiner in Korean patent practice. Examiners usually consider f...

Novartis' Exelon® Patch has been used to treat mild to moderate dementia of the Alzheimer's type and mild to moderate dementia assoc...

In general, the specification for a new chemical compound should describe physicochemical data of the claimed compound to such an extent th...

In principle, the pharmacological effect should be described to such an extent that persons skilled in the art could clearly understand, re...

Pfizer’s blockbuster drug, Viagra tablet has known worldwide for its blue color and diamond shape. Right after expiry of a compound patent ...

1. History of Changes The patent term extension system was first introduced in Korea on July 1, 1987. Under the 1987 Act, a petiti...

Korea becomes one of the largest pools of patent publications in the world. In every year, KIPO receives over 350,000 domestic patent appli...