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【Global News】The Relevant Regulations on Antibody Disclosure Methods in the Examination Standard Newly Added by European Patent Office
2025-05-05The most obvious characteristic of antibody, a functional protein, is that it can combine with an antigen. In the laboratory in early years, specific antigens were often injected into experimental animals to produce antibodies, and the antibodies produced in the animals would not be only one single -
【Global News】The Growth Rate of the Number of Patent Application Cases Related to Medical Devices in South Korea is 3.6 Times Higher than the Average
2025-05-05Due to the outbreak of Covid-19, life extension of human beings, and the shift of the medical care model to focus on preventive health management, the publics attention to epidemic prevention has increased, with a following rise in the number of patent applications related to medical devices. Accord -
【Global News】Swiss Army Knife: Swiss flag not allowed on Chinese products
2025-05-05The Regional Court of Munich ruled in the trademark dispute over the famous Swiss Army Knife that no Swiss flag may be applied to products from China. The good reputation of the geographical indication of “Switzerland” was unfairly exploited. What is the recent EU case law on this issue?LG Munich: J -
【Global News】Korean Supreme Court Presents New Standard for Inventiveness of Selection Inventiveness
2025-05-05The Supreme Court has held that the inventiveness of a substance invention the genus of which was already known in the prior art (‘selection invention’) can be recognized if the constitutional difficulty of the invention is acknowledged under the general inventiveness standard, and thereby upholding -
【Global News】Korean Supreme Court Details Standard for Establishing Doctrine of Equivalents Infringement
2025-05-05In Korea, as in the United States and Japan, the recognition of patent infringement claims under the Doctrine of Equivalents (DoE) has been established by several key precedents. Recently, the Korean Supreme Court provided key guidance through detailed ruling standards for two of the three factors t