A landmark case involving the remodelling of luxury brand bags at the owner’s request has established legal principles on the trademark implications of such services, explains Min Son of Hanol IP & LawOn February 26 2026, the Supreme Court of Korea (Case No. 2024Da31181) held that a reform service provider’s act of remodelling luxury handbags bearing a plaintiff’s registered trademark and returning the reformed goods to the owners who requested the ser

Min Son of Hanol IP & Law analyses a Supreme Court ruling clarifying that prosecution history in a parent application can later limit the scope of divisional patent claimsThe South Korean Supreme Court has rendered a ruling clarifying when arguments or amendments made during prosecution of a parent application may be used to narrow the interpretation of its divisional application claims (Supreme Court Decision 2023Hu11340, July 17 2025). This suggests

Min Son of Hanol IP & Law explains how the decision clarifies that multiple-word trademarks can infringe if an element serves as an essential distinctive partIn a recent decision (Case No. 2024Do8174), the Supreme Court of South Korea held that the mark ‘Catalic Narcisse Nudism Holic Matte Lipstick’ used by the defendants on lipstick products was similar to the injured party’s registered trademark ‘Nudism’ for lipstick, among others, thereby infringing

변리사 및 특허직원 채용 문의는insa@hanollawip.com로 연락주시기 바랍니다.감사합니다.