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Supreme Court of Korea Affirms Abuse of Dominance for Tying Patent Licenses and Engineering Services in the Shipbuilding Industry

30 May 2023 by Lee & Ko - South Korea

Lee & Ko’s Antitrust & Competition Group successfully represented three major Korean shipbuilding companies in the court action involving Gaztransport & Technigaz SA (GTT), the exclusive holder of key patents in technology for manufacturing/constructing membrane storage tanks used on liquefied natural gas carriers (LNG Carrier).

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IP Issues and Implications Relating to ChatGPT

26 May 2023 by Lee & Ko - South Korea

ChatGPT is a conversational artificial intelligence (AI) service based on Generative Pre-trained Transformer (GPT), a language model grounded in artificial neural networks, developed by OpenAI.

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Advised on MBK Partners’ KRW 2.5 Trillion Acquisition of Leading Global Dental Scanner Developer Medit Corporation from UCK Partners

25 May 2023 by Kim & Chang - South Korea

Kim & Chang, using separate teams, advised both the buyer, MBK Partners, and the sellers, UCK Partners (formerly known as Unison Capital Korea) and individual shareholders, in connection with the purchase and sale of Medit Corporation (the “Target Company”).

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LexOrbis Successfully Hosts 5th edition of the AIPLA Women in IP Global Networking Event 2023

09 May 2023 by LexOrbis - India

On April 28, 2023, the India Habitat Centre in New Delhi was abuzz with over 100+ women professionals from different segments, all in attendance for the Women in IP Global Networking Event 2023 hosted by LexOrbis on behalf of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA).

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Enforcement of Arbitral Awards in Korea and Interplay with the Korean Fair Trade Act

25 April 2023 by Jipyong - South Korea

A recent decision by the German Federal Court of Justice has spurred interest in the international arbitration community regarding the interplay between a country’s antitrust laws and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards.

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Product Hopping and Ever-Greening of Patents in India

20 April 2023 by LexOrbis - Arun Kumar (Managing associate)

The Indian pharmaceutical market is one of the largest markets in the globe, both in terms of production and consumption. Several changes have been made to the patent and competition law due to the increasing challenges in the pharmaceutical market that directly impact the profit margin of pharmaceutical manufacturers. To increase these margins, pharmaceutical product manufacturing firms employ a variety of strategies. This article investigates the concept of “product hopping” and compares it with the practice of patent evergreening.

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Judicial trend of copyright Protection for Character Merchandising in India

12 April 2023 by Rahul Chaudhry & Partners - Pallavi Dora

Character Merchandising is a new age business phenomenon to commercially exploit the famous comic characters in garb of generating revenue and fetch profit by using the pictures, voice dialogues of famous characters / personalities of which the general public are emotionally connected. The evolution of the character merchandising was by the famous company – Walt Disney Studios in 1930’s when they licensed the famous character like Mickey Minnie and Donald duck. Technological advancement and channels devoted to children entertainment has created a demand in the market and influenced the said segment to buy the product as the general public get attached to the character.

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Doing Business in the Philippines

04 April 2023 by SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan

This guide, which focuses on how foreign corporations can set up a legal presence in the Philippines, was first published in 2015, when our firm celebrated its 70th anniversary, and this most recent update was prepared in connection with our 78th anniversary celebrations.

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Enforcement of Store Layout Trademarks in India – An uphill battle for brand owners

28 March 2023 by Rahul Chaudhry & Partners - Farhaan Rizvi

A visually appealing store is a crucial asset for any business aiming to provide a consistent quality of goods and services across its stores . These stores featuring a distinct theme design commonly seen on their signage, wall arts, overall décor etc. not only reflects a cohesive brand imagery of the business but also create a lasting impression on the customers, strengthening their brand recall value.

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Resolving the conflict between section 3(d) and section 3(e)

23 March 2023 by LexOrbis - DPS Parmar

It is generally known and understood that every exception in the act should stand on its own footing. Two seemingly similar provisions in legal sense cannot lean back on one another to fortify the argument favouring the exception or otherwise. This seemingly sound argument suffers the close scrutiny of the Delhi High court in Best Agrolife Limited v Deputy Controller of Patents & Anr (WP(C)-IPD 11/2022 & CM 32/2022, 54/2022, 55/2022).