Hanol IP & Law

Min Son of Hanol IP & Law examines a new consent agreement system and international trademark partial replacement provisions under South Korea’s revised Trademark Act, and explores the concept of ‘identical trademarks’

Min Son of Hanol IP & Law reports on a decision that should provide improved guidance in determining whether patents or approved drugs are eligible for a patent term extension in South Korea

Min Son of Hanol IP & Law says South Korea is ploughing its energies into shortening the patent examination process for the secondary battery industry to help the country’s powerhouses maintain their charge

Min Son of Hanol IP & Law explains why strategic trademark management plans have become more important than ever as a new system is brought in to address the issue of senior conflicting mark rejections

Min Son of Hanol IP & Law explains a substantial revision to South Korea’s Invention Promotion Act concerning how employers can acquire the rights to job-related inventions created by employees

Min Son of Hanol IP & Law addresses an increasingly important question through considering the DABUS case and a Korean Intellectual Property Office survey, as South Korea experiences ‘explosive growth’ in AI-related patent applications