South Korea quietly retired one of the most recognized acronyms in global patent practice. For nearly four decades, KIPO — the Korean Intellectual Property Office — was the name every foreign filer, examiner, and translator typed into a filing coversheet without a...
Patent examiners in Korea are no longer the bottleneck they used to be. Speed has become the headline story, and for good reason. Effective October 1, 2025, Korea's patent authority underwent its first organizational upgrade in 48 years, elevating from an agency-level...
Three hundred and fifty billion dollars is currently crossing the Pacific — and every dollar of it travels on paper written in two languages. Under the trade agreement finalized between Seoul and Washington in late 2025, Korea pledged $350 billion in investments into...