Region: South Korea

Featured in WTR Special Report Q2 2023: Spotlight on Asia-Pacific: A guide to strategically navigating the evolving landscape

04 July 2023

Featured in WTR Special Report Q2 2023: Spotlight on Asia-Pacific: A guide to strategically navigating the evolving landscape

04 July 2023

Featured in WTR Special Report Q2 2023: Spotlight on Asia-Pacific: A guide to strategically navigating the evolving landscape

04 July 2023

Notably, the time limit to file an application for a related design has been extended from one year to three years of the filing date of the application for the principal design.

16 June 2023

Featured in Trademark register tracker

Foreign filings at the Chinese trademark office have more than doubled since the end of last year, Fovea IP data shows. 

12 June 2023

Relying on the ‘freedom to operate’ defence based on a prior unprotected design is not possible if the owner of the asserted design successfully claims an exception to loss of novelty over the earlier-disclosed design.

02 June 2023

A recent amendment to the Unfair Competition Prevention and Trade Secret Protection Act introduces an exception for good-faith prior users against unfair competition claims.

24 May 2023

WTR delves into filing activity in Asia to discuss application trends and the top foreign filers of 2022.

10 May 2023

The adoption of the letter of consent system in Korea would bring substantial relief to trademark owners and practitioners.

24 April 2023

WTR goes behind the scenes with the IP protection team at Korean search portal NAVER.

19 April 2023