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The Future of the Food Industry: Food Tech

27 July 2023 by Lee & Ko

With significant development in dietary supplements and alternative food industry in recent years, Korean government announced alternative food (e.g., plant-based meet, cultured meat, insect based meat, etc.), dietary supplement and medical food (i.e., specially formulated food for patients with certain symptoms or nutritional needs) as industry sectors for future development.

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Strengthening Regulation of Unfair Trading through Amendment of FISCMA

24 July 2023 by Lee & Ko - South Korea

A proposal for partial amendment (Amendment) to the Financial Investment Services and Capital Markets Act (FISCMA) for the purpose of strengthening the regulation of unfair trading passed the plenary session of the National Assembly of Korea on June 30, 2023 and was promulgated on July 18, 2023.

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Latest Developments on the Hydrogen Act: Introduction of the Hydrogen Power Generation Bidding Market

13 July 2023 by Jipyong - South Korea

Hydrogen power, among other new and renewable energy sources, is garnering attention as one of the carbon-free power generation sources in Korea.

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Enactment of the Special Act on the Promotion of Dispersed Energy & Amendment to Electric Utility Act

05 July 2023 by Lee & Ko - South Korea

The Special Act on the Promotion of Dispersed Energy (the Dispersed Energy Act) was recently enacted as of June 13, 2023 and, on the same date, the amendment to the Electric Utility Act (also known as the Electricity Business Act) (the Amendment) was also promulgated, both of which will come into force as of June 14, 2024.

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Can Liquidated Damages and Penalty Clauses Survive under Korean Law?

03 July 2023 by Jipyong - South Korea

Foreign contractors and subcontractors doing business with Korean companies are often puzzled by how Korean courts deal with liquidated damages and penalty clauses in contracts.

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Analysis of the First Applications of the Serious Accidents Punishment Act

21 June 2023 by Jipyong - South Korea

The Serious Accidents Punishment Act (“SAPA”) is a relatively new legislation that came into force on January 27, 2022.

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Latest Update to “Guidelines for Workplace Risk Assessment“ to Impact Businesses in Korea

31 May 2023 by Lee & Ko - South Korea

On 22 May 2023, the Ministry of Employment and Labor (MOEL) announced a significant update to its “Guidelines for Workplace Risk Assessment“ (Guidelines), effective immediately.

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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”).