Min Son of Hanol IP outlines the new system’s key mechanisms and implications for evidence gathering in civil litigation, with a particular focus on technology-related disputesOn January 29 2026, the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea passed the Amendment to the Act on the Promotion of Mutually Beneficial Cooperation between Large Enterprises and Small and Medium Enterprises (the Cooperation Act),effectively introducing the country’s first discover

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

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