KIPO Promotes Active Discussions regarding Availability of Patent Protection for AI-generated Inventions
The Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) established an Advisory Group for discussing and reviewing the issue of whether AI-generated inventions can be protected under...
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Patent Applications for Covid-19 Treatments are Being Actively Filed
Amid on-going Covid-19 global pandemic, interest in Covid-19 treatments has been rapidly growing. Many domestic pharmaceutical companies and research institutes are actively...
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IPTAB Introduces Mediation System and Timely Submission System
Bills revising the Korean Patent Act, Trademark Act, Design Protection Act, and Invention Promotion Act were passed the plenary session of the National Assembly...
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Scramoge filed Patent Infringement Lawsuit against Samsung for Wireless Charging Technology Purchased from LG Innotek
A Non-Practicing Entity (NPE) that acquired LG's Smartphone related patents filed a lawsuit against Samsung Electronics. Some predict such attack by "Patent Trolls" would...
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IP filings are Increased by 12.3% at KIPO Compared to 2020, with Particular Increase by Small Business/Venture Groups
Despite the difficult circumstances of COVID-19, the number of intellectual property (patent, utility model, design, trademark) applications filed by small-to-medium...
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INSTAGRAM was successful in invalidating the registration of the mark “INSTA MODEL”
The Defendant filed an application to register the Subject Mark with respect to the services “model recruitment, advertising and marketing,” etc. in Class 35 on February 24, 2016 and obtained registration...
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