Protect Your Intellectual Property by Patent Law!

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Koreas patent law is designed to contribute to industrial development by promoting the development of technology by protecting and encouraging inventions and promoting their use. There are two principles for this: A kind of monopoly granted to protect the inventors ideas and products.

[Basic Principles of Patent Law in Korea]

① First-to-File Principle

An elected principal is to grant a patent to the first applicant for the same application.

It is chosen by most countries including Korea and by giving rights to first applicants inventions and applications can be made quickly and it is possible to promote industrial development the ultimate goal of the patent system.

② Territorial Principle

Territorial Principle refers to the principle of one patent for one country and it means that a patent should be applied in accordance with the laws and systems of the country that the applicant wants to apply for in the process of patent application and registration. Therefore the patent examination process is also carried out in accordance with the principles of the country of application and its exclusive effect is only effected within the country where the applicant has obtained the patent.

Then what are the requirements to consider when applying for a patent?

If you are curious whether your idea will be patented lets take a look at the following requirements.

- Is it a technical idea using natural law?

- Is it available for industrial use?

- Is it a new invention?

- Is it more advanced than the previous invention?

- Doesnt it belongs a category of unpatentable invention

- Is the invention specified in the statement and the scope of the claim clear?

- Did you apply it before anyone else?

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Korea has promulgated patent law after Koreas liberation in 1946. Since then Koreas patent applications have increased day by day with the development of technology and Koreas international patent application currently ranks fourth in the world after China the United States and Japan.

KIPO will help much more people can own intellectual property rights more easily.

[Source] Korea Policy Briefing (www.korea.kr)

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