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On March 31, 2020, the KIPO announced that due to the devastating impact of COVID-19 worldwide, the deadline for submitting some documents relating to prosecution of pending applications for patent, utility model, trademark or design will be extended to April 30, 2020 by the ex officio authority. This is a precautionary measure to prevent applications from being invalid or rejected for failu…
According to the revised Patent Act, which will become effective as of March 11, 2020, an act of online transmission of software that illegally utilizes a patented invention may constitute a patent infringement. Under the current Patent Act, a software invention comprising a patented technology is entitled to patent protection if it claims software in a form that is stored in a recording medi…
On November 18, 2020, Lee International received a favorable decision from the Intellectual Property Trial and Appeal Board (IPTAB) in an appeal against the Final Rejection in respect of a surface-coated calcium carbonate-comprising material. The Claimed Invention is related to a surface-coated calcium carbonate-comprising material, and characterized by coating anionic polymer having a negati…
The Intellectual Property Trial and Appeal Board (IPTAB) of the Korean Intellectual Property Office has recently acknowledged that the mark “ (Supreme + device)” owned by Chapter 4 Corp. (“Chapter 4’s Mark”) is broadly known as a source indicator of a specific person among general consumers in Korea or is at least recognized as a d…