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IP/N/1/KOR/P/8  
 
18 November 2019  
(19-7833)  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  
Notifying Member  REPUBLIC OF KOREA 
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title Patent Act  
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/2019/IP/KOR/19_5298_00_e.pdf  
 
Notification status  [  ] First notification  
[X] Amendment or revision to notified legal text  
[  ] Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)  
 
Previous 
notification(s) 
referred to  IP/N/1/KO R/P/5  
Brief description of the notified legal text  
 
As per Korean government's reorganization in 2013, the terminology in the Act changed from "the 
Ministry of Knowledge Economy" to "the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy".  
 
Language(s) of 
notified legal text English  
Entry into force  23 March 2013; Last Amendment 15 March 2012 Act No.11117  
Other date    IP/N/1/KOR/7 • IP/N/1/KOR/P/8  
 
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Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  16 September 2019  
Other information   
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.                                                  