The Korean National Assembly passed a revision bill to the Korean Patent Act (“KPA”) that will go into effect on April 20, 2022. The revision primarily pertains to measures designed to ease the prosecuting and acquiring of patents by way of, inter alia, introducing: extension of time to respond to a

On 9 December 2021, the CARUFORUM Directorate and the CARIFORUM Intellectual Property and Innovation Project, CarIPI, will be launching a new consultation tool. Caribbean TMclass, a regional interface of TMclass.This classification tool developed by the European Union Intelletual Property Office (EU

FirstLaw is happy to announce that one of the authors, Kyeyoung Lee, a partner in our Electronics Group, has been appointed by the President as one of nine commissioners at the Korea Trade Commission (KTC) to serve a term of three years. This article presents remedies that can be sought by IPR holde

In order to promote the research and development of green patents and accelerate commercialization of related products, the scope of applicability of AEP will be expanded to include green technologies such as energy-saving, carbon emission reduction, and resource-saving technologies.In addition, app

Since January 1, 2021, TIPO has been implementing the “Positive Patent Examination Pilot Program for Startups” to offer assistance in evaluating patent acquisition probability and provide advice on ways to promptly obtain patent rights. Upon receiving positive responses to the results of the pilot p