IP Report

SUNYOUNG INT’L Patent & Law Firm Newsletter(February, 2015) Overview on Revision of Patent Act and Utility Model Act Overview on Revision of Patent Act and Utility Model Act (announced on June. 11. 2014)1. Ease of requirement for acceptable filing dateEase…

SUNYOUNG INT’L Patent & Law Firm Newsletter(August, 2014) KIPO Increases the Number of Its PCT International Searches by 6.4% The number of PCT* international searches conducted by the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) in the first half of 2014 totaled…

SUNYOUNG INT’L Patent & Law Firm Newsletter(April, 2014) The Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) held a ceremony to celebrate the accession to the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration…

SUNYOUNG INT’L Patent & Law Firm Newsletter(January, 2014) A new forum for cooperation on intellectual property rights (IPRs) between Korea and China has opened after the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the State…

SUNYOUNG INT’L Patent & Law Firm Newsletter(May, 2010) Introducing Change of Korean Design Practice The Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) entered Locarno Agreement establishing an international classification for industrial designs and therefore, new regulations of Korean Design Practice will be established reflecting the Locarno Classification…

SUNYOUNG INT’L Patent & Law Firm Newsletter(March, 2010) Greater use of oral hearings and self-judgments in 2010 The Intellectual Property Tribunal of the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) has decided to expand use of oral hearings and to promote self-judgments (judge will be able to grant immediate registration of the patent…