English versions of the "Enforcement Decrees" for all industrial property acts are now available online. The "Enforcement Decrees" are regulations further specifying provisions of the respective act and can be downloaded from the website of the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO): http://www.kipo.go.kr/kpo/eng/ (click on "Reference Material - Industrial Property Acts", then on "Select menu")
... the JPO is asking for comments to planned changes to the "Design Examination Standards"?
The aim of the revision of the "Design Examination Standards" is to clarify the scope of design rights and to build an infrastructure for creative activities of designers. An English summary of the draft version of the "Design Examination Standards" is available on the JPO's website. The public may submit comments in English or Japanese until 28 February 2010.
More information can be found here: http://www.jpo.go.jp/iken_e/e_isyousinsa_kaitei.htm
... new changes have been made to the Korean Design Act?
Revised Korean Design Act regulations entered into force on 1 January 2010. They apply to all design applications filed on or after that date.
The main changes are:
1. The Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) is now also accepting three-dimensional image drawings. These may be filed in DWG (Drawing), DWF (Design Web Format) and 3DS (3D Studio) formats. Two-dimensional drawings are still accepted.
2. The "orthogonal projection" requirement has been dropped.
3. Classification system have been amended.
4. The number of categories of articles eligible for unexamined design applications have been increased from 6 to 10.
Source: Ministry of Government Legislation (only in Korean):
http://www.law.go.kr/LSW/lsSc.do?menuId=0&p1=&query=%EB%94%94%EC%9E%90%EC%9D%B8&x=0&y=0
... a new trade mark and design search is now available on KIPRIS?
The Korea Institute of Patent Information (KIPI) has upgraded its search service for trade marks and designs. Launched on 6 March 2009, the search service offers several new features, such as a more user-friendly layout of the search interface, the possibility of cross-lingual retrieval, and enhanced sorting, displaying and browsing of search results.
The new trade mark and design search is available at http://eng.kipris.or.kr/eng/main/main_eng.jsp
... English versions of the amended Korean patent, utility model, trade mark and design laws
are available from KIPO? These new English versions of all industrial property laws in Korea reflect the 2007 amendments and are available for download (in PDF format) at http://www.kipo.go.kr/kpo/eng/?catmenu=KIPOENG
Click on "Reference material" in the menu at the top of the page, then on "IP laws and treaties".
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