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| By Ji-Eun KIM, John J.KIM |
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| Korea does not have continuation applications, only divisional applications. However, divisional applications are not limited to responding to restriction requirements in Korea. Accordingly, many applicants use divisional applications to achieve many of the same results as using a U.S. continuation application (e.g., keeping an application alive to pursue additional claims at a later time or to pursue different aspects of the invention). |
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| By Hyung-Geun JI, Stephen T. BANG |
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| Recently, the Korean Intellectual Property Office ("KIPO") revised the regulations for expedited examination, some of which became effective as of September 1, 2009. The primary change implemented by the revised regulations is the requirement that a prior art search be conducted by the applicant for all types of expedited examination, except where i) third-party infringement is occurring; ii) the expedited examination is requested based on the Patent Prosecution Highway program; or iii) a prior art search is already completed as an independent pre-requisite to qualifying for expedited examination. |
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| By Ji-Eun KIM, Alice Young-Ran CHOI |
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| Recently, the Korean government has been picking up the pace on its plan to support the development of biosimilar medicines – the copy version products of biologics – in Korea. |
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| By Cecile Su-Jung KWON, Gavin HEALY |
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| An amendment to the Internet Address Resource Act ("IARA") providing protection of domain names in Korea was announced on June 9, 2009, and will be effective as of September 10, 2009. The major provisions of the amendment are as follows. |
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| By Sung-Nam KIM, Nayoung KIM |
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| An amendment to the Design Protection Act ("DA") was announced on June 9, 2009, which will be effective as of July 1, 2009. The major objectives of the amendment are as follows. |
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- International Patent Litigation Conference
On September 14, 2009, Mr. Jay J. Kim of our firm spoke at the "Demystifying Patent Litigation in Key Asian Jurisdictions" session as part of the International Patent Litigation Conference in London. Other speakers at the session included attorneys from Anand & Anand (Delhi), Jones Day (Shanghai) and Lovells (Tokyo).
- Foreign Patent Law & Regulation for the U.S. Life Sciences Patent Practitioner Conference
Mr. Kyumin Kevin Lee (US attorney from our Patent Group) will speak at the Foreign Patent Law & Regulation for the U.S. Life Sciences Patent Practitioner Conference organized by the American Conference Institute in New York, NY on Monday, December 7, 2009. The title of the speech is "Filing and Prosecuting Life Sciences & Pharmaceutical Patents in Emerging Asian Markets," and Mr. Lee takes the Korea section among China, India and Korea.
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