Kasan Insight :: Korea IP Law Blog

Based on 12 months grace period under the Korean patent law, an inventor or his assignee may obtain a patent through filing an application f...

1. An applicant may file an English specification without the Korean translation An applicant may file a provisional application in ...

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

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

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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...

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

In addition to patents, a further form of IP protection in Korea is a utility model registration. A UM is called as a petit invention that ...

Under the Korean patent law, it is not allowed to file a continuation application. Furthermore, after a notice of grant has been issued, it...

KIPO provided accelerated examination system for green technology patent application. It is to examine green technology patent application ...

There are several ways to save the cost of prosecuting a patent application and maintaining once it has been granted. And the key to consid...

Patented claims must be valid and infringed in theory. However such claims are not common in reality. Accordingly a patentee must check str...

According to WIPO statistics, Korea has been ranked No. 4 in the number of patent filings with KIPO, and No. 5 in the number of PCT applica...

1. Description requirement Article 42, paragraph 4 of the Patent Act stipulates: "claims shall be supported by the detailed des...

Korea has the first-to-file rule. All unexamined applications are automatically published after 18 months from the filing date in Korea or t...

Korea has bifurcated system that allocates decision power to separate authorities. Patent Infringement Issue and Patent Invalidity Issue mu...

Legal System in Korea There are three tiers of courts in Korea: the District Courts, the High Courts and the Supreme Court. The Supreme ...

1. Korea Has an Attractive Market with a Respectable Size. i. In 2013, Korea has a sizable market, and is currently the 13th largest e...