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IP/N/1/KOR/P/10  
 
24 January 2020  
(20-0605)  Page: 1/2 
Council for Trade -Related Aspects of  
Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS  AND REGULATIONS  
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 O F THE TRIPS AGREEMENT  
REPUBLIC OF KOREA : PATENT ACT  (ACT NO.  14112)  
Notifying Member  REPUBLIC OF KOREA 
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title PATENT ACT  (Act No.  14112)  
Subject matter  Patents (including plant variety protection)  
Nature of 
notification  [X] Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation  
[  ] Other law or regulation  
Link to legal text* https://ip -documents.info/2020/IP/KOR/20_0278_00_e.pdf  
Notification status  [  ] First notification  
[  ] Amendment or revision to notified legal text  
[X] Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)  
Previous 
notification(s) 
referred to  IP/N/1/KOR/8, IP/N/1/KOR/P/9  
Brief description of the notified legal text  
 
1.  Patent fees or official fees are refunded when patent right is abandoned or the ruling to reject 
patent application is revoked.  
 
2.  Regarding legal proceedings on patent infringement, evidence subject to a court order is 
expanded from "documents" to "materials" and include materials necessary for providing the 
infringement.  
 
Language(s) of 
notified legal text English  
Entry into force  30 June 2016 
Other date    IP/N/1/KOR/9 • IP/N/1/KOR/P/10  
 
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Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  18 December 2019  
Other information  Including amendments as per Act 12753  of June 2014  
 
Agency or 
authority 
responsible  Korean Intellectual Property Office  (KIPO) Multilateral Affairs Division 
(kipomla@korea.kr ) 
 
* Links are provided to texts of laws and regulations notified under the TRIPS Agreement in the form 
supplied by the Member concerned; the WTO Secretariat does not endorse or revise their content.                                                  